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/ɪksˈpænd/ik-SPAND
/ɪksˈpænd/ik-SPAND
Meaningto spread out
Common meaning: to grow or spread larger
- exout
- pandto spread outLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1296 · scan
‘out’ + ‘to spread out’ → expand
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√PAT‘spread out, lie flat or open’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 192, p. 736 · scan
- Latinpandō, passum, pānsum‘to spread out’
- Englishexpand‘to grow or spread larger’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin pandō ‘to spread out’.
Roots
- pandō, passum, pānsum Latin “to spread out”
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