Where does “grandigar” come from?
grandigar (Ido) comes from Ido igar, from Ido -igar, from Esperanto -iĝi, from Italian -eggiare, from Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō — he, she.
grandigar (Ido): to magnify, aggrandize
Definitions
- to magnify, aggrandize
Ancestry of “grandigar”, step by step
grandigar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ido igar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | igar | to make, cause, render |
| 2 | Ido | -igar | to make, render or transform into; with an... |
| 3 | Esperanto | -iĝi | to become; to change in state; makes intransitive... |
| 4 | Italian | -eggiare | Used to form verbs from adjectives or nouns |
| 5 | Latin | -izāre | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Ido granda
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | granda | big, large, great |
| 2 | Esperanto | granda | big, large |
| 3 | French | grand | big, great, grand; tall; Great, an honorific... |
| 4 | Middle French | grand | big; large |
| 5 | Old French | grant | big, large |
| 6 | Old French | -ur | -er, used for form agent nouns |
| 7 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |