Proto-Indo-European

*(s)pend-

‘to stretch’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-.

42 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-, most familiar first.

• spend ← spenden ← spendan ← *spendōn ← expendō
• spending ← spendyng ← spendung ← spendan ← *spendōn
• expensive ← *expēnsīvus ← expendō ← pendō ← *pendō
• compensation ← compensacioun ← compensacion ← compēnsātiō ← compēnsō
• pound ← pund ← *pund ← *pundą ← pondō
• expense ← expēnsa ← expendō ← pendō ← *pendō
• pension ← pencioun ← pencione ← pēnsiō ← pendō
• depend ← dependen ← dependre ← dependeō ← pendeō
• span ← spanne ← spann ← *spannō
• compensate ← compēnsātus ← compensō ← pēnsō ← pendō
• expenditure ← expenditus ← expendō ← pendō ← *pendō
• suspend ← sospendre ← suspendo ← pendo ← *pendō

More words from *(s)pend-

• appendix
• pendant
• penthouse
• perpendicular
• compendium
• poise
• peso
• expend
• dispensation
• pansy
• spender
• append
• pensive
• recompense
• piso
• peseta
• compendious
• pensione
• appendicular
• appendiculate
• appendicle
• dispensatrix
• forspend
• impend
• pendeloque
• pentice
• propend
• propension
• speso
• spesoj

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-