Etymology

aggrandize

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Today it means: To make great; to enlarge; to increase. Full definition →

English grand ← Latin ad- ← Proto-Italic *ad-
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The story

  1. Frencha-
  2. Proto-Italic*grandis
  3. Latingrandis
  4. Old Frenchgrant
  5. Middle Frenchgrand
  6. Frenchgrand
  7. Frenchagrandir
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  9. Proto-Italic*ad
  10. Proto-Italic*ad-
  11. Latinad-
  12. Englishad-
  13. Englishag-
  14. Englishgrand
  15. English todayaggrandize

From French agrandir. By surface analysis, ag- + grand + -ize.

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