Etymograph

English

speiss

Speiss comes from German Speise ‘meal, fare (food)’, and goes back to Latin expēnsus ‘expense’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpēnsusas expēnsa‘expense’
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*spīsā‘meal, foodstuffs’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050spīsa‘meal’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350spīse
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentSpeise‘meal, fare (food)’
  6. Englishtodayspeiss

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpēnsusas expēnsa‘expense’
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*spīsā‘meal, foodstuffs’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050spīsa‘meal’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350spīse
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentSpeise‘meal, fare (food)’
  6. Englishtodayspeiss

Every English word from Latin expēnsus

Today it means

noun A mixed arsenide of iron (and cobalt, nickel, and copper) produced during the smelting of lead

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

Etymograph / Latin expēnsus / speiss

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