Etymology

superextensive

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Today it means: very extensive; vast Full definition →

English extensive ← Middle English extensive ← Late Latin extensīvus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Late Latinextensīvus
  8. Middle Englishextensive
  9. Englishextensive
  10. English todaysuperextensive

From super- + extensive.

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