Etymology

spender

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Today it means: A person who spends money. Full definition →

Middle English spendere ← Old English spendan ← Proto-West Germanic *spendōn
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)pend-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(s)péndeti
  8. Proto-Italic*pendō
  9. Latinpendō
  10. Latinexpendō
  11. Proto-West Germanic*spendōn
  12. Old Englishspendan
  13. Middle Englishspenden
  14. Middle Englishspendere
  15. English todayspender

Inherited from Middle English spendere, equivalent to spend + -er.

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