Etymology

extensiveness

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Today it means: The degree or property of being extensive. Full definition →

English extensive ← Middle English extensive ← Late Latin extensīvus
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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. Englishextensive
  16. English todayextensiveness

From extensive + -ness.

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