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Where does “Vergrößerung” come from?

Vergrößerung (German) comes from German vergrößern, from German größer, from German groß, from English daddy, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g — -y, -ic.

Vergrößerung (German): enlargement; magnification

Definitions

  1. enlargement; magnification

Ancestry of “Vergrößerung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvergrößernto enlarge, to amplify, to increase; to become...
2Germangrößercomparative degree of groß
3Germangroßbig, large, large-scale; great, grand; tall
4EnglishdaddyFather; A male lover; An informal term of address...
5English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
6Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
7Old English-iġ-y, -ic
8Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
9Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
10Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “Vergrößerung”

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