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Where does “espandere” come from?

espandere (Italian) comes from Latin expandō, from Latin pandō, from Latin pandus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

espandere (Italian): to expand; to extend, spread

Definitions

  1. to expand; to extend, spread

Ancestry of “espandere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexpandō—
2Latinpandō—
3Latinpandusbend, crooked, curved; bent, crooked
4Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
5Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
6Proto-Italic-os—
7Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “espandere”

  • espandibile
  • espandimento
  • espandibilità
  • espansibile
  • espansibilità
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