English

expenseful

From expense + -ful.

Formed from expense + -ful

Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- ‘to stretch’

…

Latin expendō ‘to weigh’

Late Latin expēnsa

Anglo-Norman expense

Middle English expense

Today it means

adj Full of expense; costly; chargeable.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / expenseful