Where does “vergroten” come from?
vergroten (Dutch) comes from Dutch groot, from Middle Dutch grôot, from Old Dutch grōt, from Proto-West Germanic graut, from Proto-Germanic grautaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer- — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
vergroten (Dutch): to enlarge; to increase
Definitions
- to enlarge; to increase
Ancestry of “vergroten”, step by step
vergroten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch groot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | groot | big, large, great; great, important, eminent,... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | grôot | big, large |
| 3 | Old Dutch | grōt | big, large |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | graut | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | grautaz | coarse, crude; big, large |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Dutch ver- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ver- -en | Forms factitive or ergative verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" or "to become (adjective)" |