Etymology

extensive

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Today it means: Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast. Full definition →

Middle English extensive ← Late Latin extensīvus ← Latin extēnsus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*tend-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*téndeti
  9. Proto-Italic*tendō
  10. Latintendō
  11. Latinextendō
  12. Latinextēnsus
  13. Late Latinextensīvus
  14. Middle Englishextensive
  15. English todayextensive

From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin extensīvus, from Latin extensus.

Words from the same roots

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