English
extend
Extend comes from Middle English extenden, from Anglo-Norman extendre, from Latin extendō ‘to stretch out’, from tendō ‘to stretch’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*téndetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tendō‘to stretch’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtendō‘to stretch’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextendō‘to stretch out’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400extendre
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500extenden‘to extend’
- Englishearliest quotation 1894extend
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*téndetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tendō‘to stretch’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtendō‘to stretch’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextendō‘to stretch out’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400extendre
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500extenden‘to extend’
- Englishearliest quotation 1894extend
Earliest quotation: 1894, Fred Grundy, Management of Fall Pigs: “The skim milk and middlings should be mixed in…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *tendō ‘to stretch’
intentional, hypertension, pretense, hypotension, inattention, pretension, 32 more
through Latin tendō
attention, intention, tension, pretend, attendance, tense, intend, tender, contention, tempt, contend, tensor, tensile, entente, portent, détente, entendre, detent, portend, 40 more
Today it means
verb To increase in extent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *téndeti / extend