Where does “augmentation” come from?
Augmentation comes from Middle English augmentacion, from Old French augmentacion, from Latin augmentatio, derived from the verb augmentare and noun augmentum, with the suffix -mentum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-.
augmentation (English): The act or process of augmenting; A particular...
Definitions
- The act or process of augmenting; A particular...
Ancestry of “augmentation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | augmentation | — |
| 2 | Old French | augmentacion | increase; augmentation |
| 3 | Latin | augmentatio | increase; increment; advancement |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |