c. 1300, extente, "tax levied on value; value of property for taxation," from Anglo-French extente, estente "extent, extension;" in law, "valuation of land, stretch of land," from fem. past participle of Old French extendre "extend," from Latin extendere "to spread out, spread" (see extend). Meaning "degree to which something extends" is from 1590s.
the extent of the damage
to a certain extent she was right
the full extent of the law
the vast extent of the desert
an orchard of considerable extent
extender
extensible
extension
extensive
extensor
extent
extenuate
extenuation
exterior
exterminate
extermination