Etymology of the English word spendthrift
the English word
spendthriftderived from the English word
thriftderived from the Old Norse word
thriftderived from the Old Norse word
thriftderived from the Old Norse word
thrifaskderived from the English word
spendderived 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)
Date
The earliest known usage of spendthrift in English dates from the 17th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
