Where does “enhance” come from?
Enhance comes from Middle English enhauncen, from Anglo-Norman enhauncer, from Old French enhaucier, from Latin inaltiare meaning to make high or elevate.
enhance (English): To lift, raise up; To augment or make something...
Definitions
- To lift, raise up; To augment or make something...
Ancestry of “enhance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | enhauncen | To lift, heighten, or raise up; To better or... |
| 2 | Old French | enhaucier | To elevate; To enhance |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | inaltiare | present active infinitive of *inaltiō;... |
| 4 | Latin | altus | high, tall; deep; profound |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | altos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |