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Where does “exaggerating” come from?

Exaggerating derives from Latin exaggeratus, the past participle of exaggerare, formed from ex- and the root aggero meaning to heap or pile up.

exaggerating (English): present participle of exaggerate

Definitions

  1. present participle of exaggerate

Ancestry of “exaggerating”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexaggerateTo overstate, to describe more than is fact
2Latinexaggeratusexaggerated
3Latinexaggerō—
4LatinaggeroI bear, carry, convey or bring to or towards a...
5Latinaggerrampart, bulwark; causeway, pier, dam, dyke
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “exaggerating”

  • exaggeratingly
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