Spend
/spɛnd/noun
To pay out, use up, or pass time.
Did you know?English spend comes from Latin expendere, “to weigh out,” and is historically tied to the same root behind “expend,” where value was once imagined like something measured and released.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*spend-
“to draw out, stretch, or spin out”
Latin
Latin
expendere
“to weigh out, pay out”
Late Latin
Latin
expendere
“to spend, disburse”
Old French
French
despendre
“to spend, consume, waste”
Middle English
English
spenden
“to spend, pay out, use up”
Modern English
English
spend
“to pay out money or use time/resources”