Where does “ekstensi” come from?
ekstensi (Malay) comes from Indonesian ekstensi, from Dutch extensie, from French extension, from Old French estension, from Latin extensio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
ekstensi (Malay): extension: a movement at a joint that increases the angle between the two ends of the joint; the opposite of flexion
Definitions
- extension: a movement at a joint that increases the angle between the two ends of the joint; the opposite of flexion
Ancestry of “ekstensi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | ekstensi | extension |
| 2 | Dutch | extensie | extension act of extending |
| 3 | French | extension | extension |
| 4 | Old French | estension | — |
| 5 | Latin | extensio | extension, stretching; swelling, tumour |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |