Where does “augment” come from?
Augment comes from Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare, derived from Latin augmentum, formed with the suffix -mentum from the Proto-Indo-European root h₂ewg-.
augment (English): To increase; to make larger or supplement; To...
Definitions
- To increase; to make larger or supplement; To...
Ancestry of “augment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | augmenten | — |
| 2 | Middle French | augmenter | — |
| 3 | Old French | augmenter | — |
| 4 | Latin | augmentāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | augmentum | increase, growth, augmentation |
| 6 | Latin | augeō | to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | augeō | to increase; to enlarge |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂owg-éye-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |