Where does “broaden” come from?
I appreciate the detailed rules, but I need to flag an issue with the chain provided: it contains circular references and unclear sequencing that makes it impossible to construct an accurate etymology. The chain lists "French bride" and "Proto-Indo-European" terms multiple times without clear directional flow, and the connection between "broad," "bride," and "broaden" isn't established by the data given.
I cannot write the sentence without a clear, linear chain showing how each form derives from the next older form. Could you verify the etymology chain? A proper chain would show something like: English broaden ← English broad + -en ← Middle English, etc., with each step clearly ordered from newest to oldest.
broaden (English): To make broad or broader; To become broad or...
Definitions
- To make broad or broader; To become broad or...
Ancestry of “broaden”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 2 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 3 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 4 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 5 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
Words derived from “broaden”