Where does “exaggerate” come from?
Exaggerate comes from Latin exaggeratus, the past participle of exaggerare, formed from ex- and ad-.
exaggerate (English): To overstate, to describe more than is fact
Definitions
- To overstate, to describe more than is fact
Ancestry of “exaggerate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | exaggeratus | exaggerated |
| 2 | Latin | exaggerō | to heap up |
| 3 | Latin | aggero | I bear, carry, convey or bring to or towards a... |
| 4 | Latin | agger | rampart, bulwark; causeway, pier, dam, dyke |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |