Etymology

expansive

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Today it means: Comprehensive in scope or extent. Full definition →

Latin expāns-
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  1. Latin · derived fromexpāns-
  2. English todayexpansive

From Latin expāns-, past-participle stem of expandere (“to spread out”; see expand) + -ive.

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