expendable
/ɪkˈspendəbəl/ik-SPEN-duh-buhl
/ɪkˈspɛndəbəl/ik-SPEN-duh-buhl
Meaningthat one can weigh out
Common meaning: able to be expended
- exout
- pendto weigh; to hangLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1328 · scan
- ableable to be
‘out’ + ‘to weigh’ → expendable
Journey through time
- Latinpendō; pendeō‘to weigh’
- Englishexpend‘to spend or use up’
- Englishformed in English from expendexpendable‘able to be expended’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: that one can weigh out. It can be inferred from any of: expend.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from expend + -able (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- pendō; pendeō Latin “to weigh; to hang”
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