Where does “telextender” come from?
telextender (English) comes from English extender, from English extend, from Middle English extenden, from Old French estendre, from Latin extendere, from Latin extendo, from Latin ex-, from Latin e — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
telextender (English): An optical amplifier, used especially in amateur astronomy to magnify an image
Definitions
- An optical amplifier, used especially in amateur astronomy to magnify an image
Ancestry of “telextender”, step by step
telextender traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English extender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | extender | Any of various substances designed to extend any... |
| 2 | English | extend | To increase in extent; To possess a certain... |
| 3 | Middle English | extenden | to extend |
| 4 | Old French | estendre | to stretch, extend or spread |
| 5 | Latin | extendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | extendo | I stretch or thrust out; I extend, prolong or... |
| 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 | — |
| 18 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 19 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 20 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 21 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 23 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |