myEtymology.com: English etymology of expansile

Etymology of the English word expansile

the English word expansile

using the English suffix -ile

derived from the English word expansion

derived from the Latin word expansio (expansion; spreading out)

derived from the Latin word expansum

derived from the Latin word expansus

derived from the Classical Latin word expandere (spread out, expand; expound)

using the Latin prefix ex-

derived from the Late Latin word ex (out)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *eghs

derived from the Latin word pandere (spread out [passis manibus => with hands outstretched])

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *petə-