Where does “expandingness” come from?
expandingness (English) comes from English expanding, from English expand, from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Old French espandre, from Latin expandere, from Latin expando, from Latin ex-, from Latin e.
expandingness (English): The quality of being expanding
Definitions
- The quality of being expanding
Ancestry of “expandingness”, step by step
expandingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English expanding
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | expanding | present participle of expand |
| 2 | English | expand | To change from a smaller form and/or size to a... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | espaundre | Alternative form of espandre |
| 4 | Old French | espandre | to spread out; to blossom; to destroy, to... |
| 5 | Latin | expandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | expando | I spread out; I expand; I explain |
| 7 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 8 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 9 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 10 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 11 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 12 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |