expand的词源

英文词源

expand

expand: see spawn

expand (v)

early 15c., "spread out, open out, spread flat, extend widely;" also transitive, "cause to grow larger;" from Anglo-French espaundre, Old French espandre "spread, spread out, be spilled," and directly from Latin expandere "to spread out, unfold, expand," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + pandere "to spread, stretch" (see pace (n.)). Related: Expanded; expanding.

中文词源

expand：扩大

ex-, 向外。-pand, 展开，词源同pace, feather.

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：expand 词源，expand 含义。

expand：(使)膨胀，(使)扩张；扩展，发展(业务)

词根词缀： ex-出 + -pand-延伸,扩展