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"expansion" in seven languages

Meaningexpansion

Spanish

expansión

/ekspanˈsjon/

fem.learned

French

expansion

/ɛkspɑ̃sjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

espansione

/espanˈsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

expansão

/ispɐ̃ˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

expansiune

/ekspansiˈune/

fem.learned

Catalan

expansió

/əkspənsiˈo/

fem.learned

English

expansion

/ɪkˈspænʃən/

from Latin/French · French expansion / Late Latin

English → ItalianexpansionespansioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

EXPANSIŌNEM (Late Latin)‘a spreading out’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

From EXPANDERE 'to spread out'. Italian once more drops the x: espansione, espandere.

English relatives: expand, expanse

Sound laws at work

Italian assimilates clusters

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In a sentence

  • esLa empresa está en plena expansión.
  • frL'entreprise est en pleine expansion.
  • itL'azienda è in piena espansione.
  • ptA empresa está em plena expansão.
  • roCompania este în plină expansiune.
  • caL'empresa està en plena expansió.
  • enThe company is in full expansion.

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