Etymograph

English

extensiveness

From extensive + -ness.

A compound of extensive + -ness

Proto-Indo-European *téndeti

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Latin tendō ‘to stretch’

Latin extendō ‘to stretch or thrust out’

Latin extensus ‘stretched out’

Late Latin extensīvus ‘extensive’

English extensive

Today it means

noun The degree or property of being extensive.

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

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