Where does “expandeth” come from?
expandeth (English) comes from English expand, from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Old French espandre, from Latin expandere, from Latin expando, from Latin ex-, from Latin e, from Latin ex — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
expandeth (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “expandeth”, step by step
expandeth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English expand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | expand | To change from a smaller form and/or size to a... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | espaundre | Alternative form of espandre |
| 3 | Old French | espandre | to spread out; to blossom; to destroy, to... |
| 4 | Latin | expandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | expando | I spread out; I expand; I explain |
| 6 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 7 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 8 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 9 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 10 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 11 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |
via English eth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eth | A letter introduced into Old English to... |