Etymology

underspend

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Today it means: To spend too little of the funds appropriated or allocated. Full definition →

English spend ← Middle English spenden ← Old English spendan
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  14. Proto-Italic*eks
  15. Latinex
  16. Latinex-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*(s)pend-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*(s)péndeti
  19. Proto-Italic*pendō
  20. Latinpendō
  21. Latinexpendō
  22. Proto-West Germanic*spendōn
  23. Old Englishspendan
  24. Middle Englishspenden
  25. Englishspend
  26. English todayunderspend

From under- + spend.

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