Where does “nonaugmentative” come from?
nonaugmentative (English) comes from English augmentative, from French augmentatif, from French augmenter, from Latin augmentō, from Latin augmentum, from Latin augeō, from Proto-Italic augeō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂owg-éye-ti.
nonaugmentative (English): Not augmentative
Ancestry of “nonaugmentative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | augmentative | Growing, enlarging, increasing; A form of word... |
| 2 | French | augmentatif | augmentative |
| 3 | French | augmenter | to increase; to increase, to augment |
| 4 | Latin | augmentō | — |
| 5 | Latin | augmentum | increase, growth, augmentation |
| 6 | Latin | augeō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | augeō | to increase; to enlarge |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂owg-éye-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |