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Where does “exaggeratingly” come from?

exaggeratingly (English) comes from English exaggerating, from English exaggerate, from Latin exaggeratus, from Latin exaggerō, from Latin aggero, from Latin agger, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.

exaggeratingly (English): In an exaggerating manner

Definitions

  1. In an exaggerating manner

Ancestry of “exaggeratingly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishexaggeratingpresent participle of exaggerate
2EnglishexaggerateTo overstate, to describe more than is fact
3Latinexaggeratusexaggerated
4Latinexaggerō—
5LatinaggeroI bear, carry, convey or bring to or towards a...
6Latinaggerrampart, bulwark; causeway, pier, dam, dyke
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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