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Where does “extenden” come from?

extenden (Middle English) comes from Old French estendre, from Latin extendere, from Latin extendo, from Latin ex-, from Latin e, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — resin.

Ancestry of “extenden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchestendreto stretch, extend or spread
2Latinextenderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
3LatinextendoI stretch or thrust out; I extend, prolong or...
4Latinex-out, away; throughout; thoroughly
5LatineThe name of the letter "E"; out of, from
6LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
7Latincommūnicō—
8Latincommūnis—
9Old Latincom(m)oinis—
10Proto-Italickommoinis—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt—
15Germankitt—
16Old High Germankuti—
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin

Words derived from “extenden”

  • extend
  • extender
  • extendable
  • overextend
  • extendible
  • extendeth
  • hyperextend
  • extendability
  • extendest
  • underextend
  • coextend
  • inextendible
  • unextendible
  • hyperextendable
  • extendlessness
  • reëxtend
  • re-extend
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