pans- root words — words with the pans- root

The root pans- comes from Latin pandere, meaning spread out. 11 words in Dendril are built from it, including expansionist, expandability, expansible, expansile, expansionary, overexpand, overexpansion, pandiculation, passim, repand, unexpanded. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the pans- root

Explore words with pans- — words containing the pans- root and sharing its sense of "spread out". Examples include expansionist, expandability, expansible, expansile, expansionary, overexpand, overexpansion, pandiculation, passim, repand, unexpanded. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The pans- root means spread out, from Latin pandere. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.