Where does “augmentee” come from?
augmentee (English) comes from English augment, from Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Latin augmentāre, from Latin augmentum, from Latin augeō, from Proto-Italic augeō.
augmentee (English): A person assigned to a unit to provide particular...
Definitions
- A person assigned to a unit to provide particular...
Ancestry of “augmentee”, step by step
augmentee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English augment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | augment | To increase; to make larger or supplement; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | augmenten | — |
| 3 | Middle French | augmenter | — |
| 4 | Old French | augmenter | — |
| 5 | Latin | augmentāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | augmentum | increase, growth, augmentation |
| 7 | Latin | augeō | to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | augeō | to increase; to enlarge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂owg-éye-ti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |