English
expanse
Expanse comes from Latin expandō ‘to spread something out’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peth₂-‘to spread out’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ptnéh₂tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pandō‘to spread’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpandō‘spread’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpandō‘to spread something out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpansum
- Englishearliest quotation 1922expanse
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peth₂-‘to spread out’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ptnéh₂tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pandō‘to spread’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpandō‘spread’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpandō‘to spread something out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpansum
- Englishearliest quotation 1922expanse
Earliest quotation: 1922, Michael Arlen, 1/1/3: “That large room had always awed Ivor: even as…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to spread out’
mile, repeat, compete, pen, petition, helicopter, passage, competitor, feather, symptom, perpetual, compass, impetus, perpetuate, trespass, perpetuity, pennant, pinion, passable, impetuous, petulant, patina, patella, penna, pata, petulance, 81 more
through Proto-Italic *pandō ‘to spread’
through Latin pandō ‘spread’
through Latin expandō ‘to spread something out’
Today it means
noun A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- / expanse