Etymograph

English

extensible

Extensible comes from Latin extendō ‘to extend’, from Proto-Italic *tendō ‘to stretch’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *téndeti.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*téndetireconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tendō‘to stretch’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtendō
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextendō‘to extend’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextēnsibilis
  6. Englishtodayextensible

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*téndetireconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tendō‘to stretch’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtendō
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextendō‘to extend’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextēnsibilis
  6. Englishtodayextensible

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *tendō ‘to stretch’

pretend, attendance, intend, tender, intentional, contend, hypertension, pretense, inattention, entendre, hypotension, portend, pretension, 31 more

through Latin tendō

attention, tend, intention, tension, contention, tense, tempt, tensor, entente, tensile, portent, détente, detent, 46 more

Today it means

adj Capable of being extended.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *téndeti / extensible

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