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Where does “augmentatively” come from?

augmentatively (English) comes from English augmentative, from French augmentatif, from French augmenter, from Latin augmentō, from Latin augmentum, from Latin augeō, from Proto-Italic augeō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂owg-éye-ti.

augmentatively (English): In an augmentative fashion

Definitions

  1. In an augmentative fashion

Ancestry of “augmentatively”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaugmentativeGrowing, enlarging, increasing; A form of word...
2Frenchaugmentatifaugmentative
3Frenchaugmenterto increase; to increase, to augment
4Latinaugmentō—
5Latinaugmentumincrease, growth, augmentation
6Latinaugeō—
7Proto-Italicaugeōto increase; to enlarge
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂owg-éye-ti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewg-to increase, to enlarge
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weg-to increase, to enlarge
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug- →