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Where does “etendi” come from?

etendi (Esperanto) comes from French étendre, from Middle French estendre, from Old French estendre, from Latin extendere, from Latin extendo, from Latin ex-, from Latin e, from Latin ex — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...

etendi (Esperanto): to expand or extend

Definitions

  1. to expand or extend

Ancestry of “etendi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchétendreto stretch; to spread; to hang out
2Middle Frenchestendreto extend
3Old Frenchestendreto stretch, extend or spread
4Latinextenderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5LatinextendoI stretch or thrust out; I extend, prolong or...
6Latinex-out, away; throughout; thoroughly
7LatineThe name of the letter "E"; out of, from
8LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
9Latincommūnicō—
10Latincommūnis—
11Old Latincom(m)oinis—
12Proto-Italickommoinis—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
15Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
16Middle Englishkyt—
17Middle Dutchkittea wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...

Words derived from “etendi”

  • etendiĝi
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