Where does “aggrandizement” come from?
Aggrandizement derives from French agrandissement, from French agrandir with the prefix French a- from Ancient Greek ἀ-, Latin ad-, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European ád and sem-.
aggrandizement (English): The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being...
Definitions
- The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being...
Ancestry of “aggrandizement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | agrandissement | enlargement |
| 2 | French | agrandir | to enlarge, make bigger; to extend, to expand; to... |
| 3 | French | grand | big, great, grand; tall; Great, an honorific... |
| 4 | Middle French | grand | big; large |
| 5 | Old French | grant | big, large |
| 6 | Old French | -ur | -er, used for form agent nouns |
| 7 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |