Where does “unaugmentable” come from?
unaugmentable (English) comes from English augmentable, from English augment, from Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Latin augmentāre, from Latin augmentum, from Latin augeō.
unaugmentable (English): That cannot be augmented
Definitions
- That cannot be augmented
Ancestry of “unaugmentable”, step by step
unaugmentable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English augmentable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | augmentable | Capable of being augmented or increased; Capable... |
| 2 | English | augment | To increase; to make larger or supplement; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | augmenten | — |
| 4 | Middle French | augmenter | — |
| 5 | Old French | augmenter | — |
| 6 | Latin | augmentāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | augmentum | increase, growth, augmentation |
| 8 | Latin | augeō | to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | augeō | to increase; to enlarge |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂owg-éye-ti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |