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Where does the word "stipend" come from? It comes from Latin stīpendium, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
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Where does the word "stipend" come from? It comes from Latin stīpendium, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
Stipend’s story begins in Latin: stīpendium meant “soldier's pay.” A Roman soldier's pay, from 'stips', small coin, and 'pendere', to weigh out. It reached English by 1400s as stipend. Came to mean the salary of a clergyman, and later of students and trainees. Today, stipend means a fixed regular payment, such as a salary for a clergyman or student.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient stīpendium "soldier's pay", a Roman soldier's pay, from 'stips', small coin, and 'pendere', to weigh out.
- Stage 2 · English · 1400s stipend "regular allowance", came to mean the salary of a clergyman, and later of students and trainees.