Etymology

extent

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Today it means: A range of values or locations. Full definition →

Middle English extente ← Anglo-Norman extente ← Old French estente
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromextendere
  2. Old French · derived fromestente“valuation of land, stretch of land”
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromextente
  4. Middle English · inherited fromextente
  5. English todayextent

From Middle English extente, from Anglo-Norman extente and Old French estente (“valuation of land, stretch of land”), from estendre, extendre (“extend”) (or from Latin extentus), from Latin extendere (See extend.)

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