Etymology

overspend

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Today it means: To spend too much money; especially, to spend more than one earns. Full definition →

English spend ← Middle English spenden ← Old English spendan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  9. Proto-Italic*eks
  10. Latinex
  11. Latinex-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*(s)pend-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*(s)péndeti
  14. Proto-Italic*pendō
  15. Latinpendō
  16. Latinexpendō
  17. Proto-West Germanic*spendōn
  18. Old Englishspendan
  19. Middle Englishspenden
  20. Englishspend
  21. English todayoverspend

From over- + spend.

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