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Where does “exagérer” come from?

exagérer (French) comes from Latin exaggerō, from Latin aggero, from Latin agger, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

exagérer (French): to exaggerate

Definitions

  1. to exaggerate

Ancestry of “exagérer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “exagérer”

  • exagérateur
  • exagerat
  • exagera
  • exageréieren
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →