Proto-Indo-European

*spend-

‘to libate’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *spend-.

17 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *spend-, most familiar first.

• response ← respounse ← respuns ← respōnsum ← respondeō
• responsible ← responsable ← responsable ← responsus ← respondeō
• respond ← respounden ← respondre ← respondō ← respondeō
• sponsor ← spondeō ← *spondeō ← *spondejō ← *spondéyeti
• spouse ← spous ← espus ← spōnsus ← spondeō
• correspond ← correspondre ← respondeo ← spondeō ← *spondeō
• despondent ← dēspondēns ← dēspondeō ← spondeō ← *spondeō
• espouse ← espousen ← espouser ← spōnsāre
• responsa ← respōnsum ← respondeō ← spondeō ← *spondeō
• espousal ← espousailles ← sponsalia ← spōnsus ← spondeō
• responsum ← respondeō ← spondeō ← *spondeō ← *spondejō
• responsory ← responsorie ← respōnsōrium ← respōnsus ← respondeō

More words from *spend-

• spondee
• spousage
• sponsal
• sponsion
• spondist

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *spend-