Where does “ampliable” come from?
ampliable (Spanish) comes from Spanish ampliar, from Latin ampliō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
ampliable (Spanish): expandable
Definitions
- expandable
Ancestry of “ampliable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | ampliar | to extend, expand, enlarge; to broaden, to widen,... |
| 2 | Latin | ampliō | to make wider, widen, extend, enlarge, increase, amplify, augment, magnify |
| 3 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |