Etymology

distend

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Today it means: To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell Full definition →

Latin distendō ← Proto-Italic *dis- ← Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Latintendō
  7. Latindistendō
  8. English todaydistend

Borrowed from Latin distendō.

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