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Where does “agger” come from?

agger (English) comes from Middle English agger, from Latin agger, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

agger (English): A high tide in which the water rises to a given...

Definitions

  1. A high tide in which the water rises to a given...

Ancestry of “agger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishaggerheap; pile
2Latinaggerrampart, bulwark; causeway, pier, dam, dyke
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →