English
extensive
Extensive comes from Late Latin extensīvus, from Latin extensus, the participle of 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 or thrust out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextensus‘stretched out’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEextensīvus‘extensive’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650extensive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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 or thrust out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextensus‘stretched out’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEextensīvus‘extensive’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650extensive
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, hypertension, pretense, inattention, entendre, hypotension, portend, pretension, 31 more
through Latin tendō
attention, tend, intention, tension, contention, tense, tempt, tensor, tensile, entente, portent, détente, detent, 46 more
Today it means
adj Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *téndeti / extensive