Where does “Spencer” come from?
Spencer (Tagalog) comes from English Spencer, from Middle English Spenser, from Middle English spenser, from Old French espensier, from Latin dispensare, from Latin dispendere, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō — to stretch.
Ancestry of “Spencer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Spencer | A placename |
| 2 | Middle English | Spenser | — |
| 3 | Middle English | spenser | spencer |
| 4 | Old French | espensier | — |
| 5 | Latin | dispensare | present active infinitive of dispēnsō;... |
| 6 | Latin | dispendere | to weight out; weigh out; to weigh out |
| 7 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 8 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |