Where does “amplificar” come from?
amplificar (Spanish) comes from Latin amplificāre, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
amplificar (Spanish): to enlarge, extend; to amplify, magnify
Definitions
- to enlarge, extend; to amplify, magnify
Ancestry of “amplificar”, step by step
amplificar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin amplificāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | amplificāre | — |
| 2 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 3 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Latin amplificō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | amplificō | to enlarge, extend, increase, amplify, magnify; develop |
| 2 | Latin | amplus | large, spacious, roomy; abundant, ample;... |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |