English
extension
Extension comes from Middle English extensioun, and goes back to Latin extensiō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEextensiōas extensiō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400estension
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500extensioun
- Englishearliest quotation 1650extension
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEextensiōas extensiō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400estension
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500extensioun
- Englishearliest quotation 1650extension
Earliest quotation: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […]: “For station is properly no rest, but one kind…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *tendō ‘to stretch’
pretend, attendance, intend, tender, intentional, contend, pretense, entendre, inattention, portend, 32 more
through Latin tendō
attention, tend, intention, tense, contention, tempt, hypertension, tensor, tensile, entente, portent, détente, hypotension, detent, pretension, 44 more
Today it means
noun The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin extensiō / extension