extensive

/ɪkˈstɛn.sɪv/ · adj

Meaning

Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast.
Considerable in amount.
Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension.
Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.

Etymology / origin

From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin extensīvus, from Latin extensus.

extensus(Latin)→
extensīvus(la-lat)→
-(enm)→
extensive (English)
Relations: inh, der, der

Related words

-(enm)extensīvus(la-lat)extensus(Latin)ekstensiivinen(Finnish)

Descendant words

ekstensiivinen(Finnish) (cog)

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