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Extend

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to make something longer, larger, or extend it in scope
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Stage 1 of 2
extendere
Latin · ancient
"to stretch out"
to stretch out, from ex- (out) and tendere (to stretch)
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Stage 2 of 2
extend
English · 1300s
"to make something longer, larger, or more inclusive"
settled as the English word for making something longer or larger
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