Where does “ampliate” come from?
ampliate (English) comes from Latin ampliatus, from Latin ampliō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
ampliate (English): Having the outer edge prominent; said of the...
Definitions
- Having the outer edge prominent; said of the...
Ancestry of “ampliate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | ampliatus | widened, extended, enlarged, increased,... |
| 2 | Latin | ampliō | to make wider, widen, extend, enlarge, increase, amplify, augment, magnify |
| 3 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |