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Dispense

4 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to distribute something in portions, or to administer or provide something
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Stage 1 of 4
pendere
Latin · ancient
"to weigh"
to weigh, giving rise to pensare (to weigh carefully)
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Stage 2 of 4
dispensare
Latin · ancient
"to weigh out in portions, to distribute"
to weigh out in portions, to distribute, from dis- and pensare
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Stage 3 of 4
dispenser
Old French · medieval
"to distribute or administer something"
carried into French for distributing or administering something
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Stage 4 of 4
dispense
English · 1300s
"to distribute something in portions"
settled as the English word for distributing something in portions
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