Where does “deamplify” come from?
deamplify (English) comes from English amplify, from Middle English amplifiyen, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificare, from Latin amplifico, from Latin -fico, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō — to do, put, place.
deamplify (English): To reduce a level of amplification
Definitions
- To reduce a level of amplification
Ancestry of “deamplify”, step by step
deamplify traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English amplify
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | amplify | To render larger, more extended, or more intense;... |
| 2 | Middle English | amplifiyen | To amplify, embiggen, or heighten |
| 3 | Old French | amplifier | — |
| 4 | Latin | amplificare | present active infinitive of amplificō;... |
| 5 | Latin | amplifico | I enlarge, extend, increase, amplify, magnify;... |
| 6 | Latin | -fico | Forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from... |
| 7 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via English de
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | de | To do; Pronunciation spelling of the; A... |
| 2 | Chinese | 德 | — |
| 3 | Mandarin | 德意志 | — |
| 4 | German | Deutsch | German |
| 5 | Old High German | diutsch | — |
| 6 | Old High German | diutisc | Alternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þiudisk | of the people, popular, vernacular |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þiudiskaz | of the people, popular; of the tribe |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þeudō | people, tribe |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tewtéh₂ | people, tribe |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |