Etymology of the English word expendable
the English word
expendablederived from the English word
expendderived from the Medieval Latin word
expendere (pay; pay out; weigh)
using the Latin prefix
ex-derived from the Late Latin word
ex (out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*eghsderived from the Latin word
pendere (hang, hang down; depend; weigh out; pay, pay out)
using the English suffix
-ableDerivations in English
unexpendableUsage
Word found in Modern English
