expandable
/ɪkˈspændəbəl/ik-SPAN-duh-buhl
/ɪkˈspændəbəl/ik-SPAN-duh-buhl
Meaningthat one can spread out
Common meaning: able to be expanded
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- pandto spread outLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1296 · scan
- ableable to be
‘out’ + ‘to spread out’ → expandable
Journey through time
- Proto-Indo-European*pat-‘spread out, lie flat or open’source
- Latinpandō, passum, pānsum‘to spread out’
- Englishexpand‘to grow or spread larger’
- Englishformed in English from expandexpandable‘able to be expanded’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: that one can spread out. It can be inferred from any of: expand.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from expand + -able (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- pandō, passum, pānsum Latin “to spread out”
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