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
- present participle of exaggerate
Ancestry of “exaggerating”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exaggerate | To overstate, to describe more than is fact |
| 2 | Latin | exaggeratus | exaggerated |
| 3 | Latin | exaggerō | to heap up |
| 4 | Latin | aggero | I bear, carry, convey or bring to or towards a... |
| 5 | Latin | agger | rampart, bulwark; causeway, pier, dam, dyke |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |