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Where does “exageração” come from?

exageração (Portuguese) comes from Latin exaggeratio, from Latin exaggerō, from Latin aggero, from Latin agger, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

exageração (Portuguese): exaggeration

Definitions

  1. exaggeration

Ancestry of “exageração”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexaggeratio
2Latinexaggerō—
3LatinaggeroI bear, carry, convey or bring to or towards a...
4Latinaggerrampart, bulwark; causeway, pier, dam, dyke
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →