épanouir
French
verb
Definitions
- (reflexive) to blossom; to bloom; to flower
- (reflexive) to reveal its quality
- (reflexive) to thrive, flourish
Etymology
Inherited from Old French espannir inherited from Latin expandere (stretch out, spread out) derived from Frankish *spannjan derived from Proto-Germanic *spannō (handbreadth, span) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (pull, spin, stretch).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)pend-
Gloss
pull, spin, stretch
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- appendage English
- clearspan English
- compendious English
- cospan English
- endspan English
- expenditure English
- forspan English
- handspan English
- healthspan English
- impending English
- inspan English
- legspan English
- lifespan English
- linkspan English
- mainspan English
- makespan English
- midspan English
- outspan English
- overspan English
- pendant English
- pendent English
- postpend English
- prepend English
- propend English
- span English
- spanless English
- spannable English
- spanner English
- spanwise English
- spanworm English
- subspan English
- supraspan English
- suspend English
- tetraspan English
- timespan English
- widespan English
- wingspan English
- yepsen English
- circumpendeo Latin
- compendium Latin
- dependeo Latin
- dē- Latin
- expandere Latin
- expendere Latin
- expendo Latin
- expendō Latin
- impendeo Latin
- impendere Latin
- pendēre Latin
- ponderare Latin
- praependeo Latin
- propendeo Latin
- pēnsiōnem Latin
- stipendium Latin
- suspendo Latin
- spendieren German
- pensionare Italian
- penchant French
- épanouissement French
- *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)pn̥d-éh₁ye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)pénd-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)pénd-os Proto-Indo-European
- *pend- Proto-Indo-European
- *peth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *fintô Proto-Germanic
- *spannō Proto-Germanic
- spann Old English
- appenden Middle English
- spanne Middle English
- palmspan Old Norse
- spǫnn Old Norse
- *pędь Proto-Slavic
- espandre Old French
- espannir Old French
- spanna Old High German
- espandir Occitan
- *pendēō Proto-Italic
- *spannjan Frankish
- espaundre xno