Etymology of the French word expansion
the French word
expansionderived from the Latin word
expansio (expansion; spreading out)
derived from the Latin word
expansumderived from the Latin word
expansusderived 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
*eghsderived from the Latin word
pandere (spread out [passis manibus => with hands outstretched])
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*petə-Date
The earliest known usage of expansion in French dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in French
expansible,
expansif,
expansionnisme,
expansionniste,
expanséCognates
Dutch
expansie, English
expansion, German
Expansion, Lithuanian
ekspansija, Norwegian
ekpansjon, Russian
экcпaнcия, Swedish
expansion
