Where does “amplitude” come from?
amplitude (Portuguese) comes from Latin amplitūdō, from Latin amplus, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
amplitude (Portuguese): amplitude; extent
Ancestry of “amplitude”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | amplitūdō | — |
| 2 | Latin | amplus | large, spacious, roomy; abundant, ample;... |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |