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Where does “extensivo” come from?

extensivo (Portuguese) comes from French extensif, from Late Latin extensivus, from Latin extēnsus, from Latin extendō, from Latin tendō, from Ancient Greek τένων, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

extensivo (Portuguese): extensive

Definitions

  1. extensive

Ancestry of “extensivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchextensifextensive
2Late Latinextensivusextensive, extendible
3Latinextēnsus—
4Latinextendō—
5Latintendō—
6Ancient Greekτένωνtendon, sinew
7Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
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