expend

/ɪksˈpend/ik-SPEND

/ɪksˈpɛnd/ik-SPEND

Meaningto weigh out; to pay

Common meaning: to spend or use up

exout
pendto weigh; to hangLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1328 · scan

‘out’ + ‘to weigh’ → expend

Journey through time

Latinpendō; pendeō‘to weigh’
Englishexpend‘to spend or use up’ · today

ex- also in: exit exact exalt exert expel

pend also in: pendant pendulum depend ponder pension

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin pendō; pendeō ‘to weigh; to hang’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pendō, p. 1328 · dictionary scan

Roots

pendō; pendeō Latin “to weigh; to hang”

Related words

compensate depend impending pendant pendulum pension perpendicular ponder suspend

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