dispense – Ultimately from Latin dispendere, “weigh out.” More…
expend – Comes from ex-, “out,” and pendere, “weigh; pay”; originally, it referred to spending money, with the root sense being “to weigh out money.” More…
preponderate – Once meant “weigh more” and “have greater intellectual weight.” More…
spend – A blend of Latin pendere, “pay, weigh,” and expendere, “pay out.” More…