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- Latin · learned borrowing fromampliātus
- English todayampliate
Learned borrowing from Latin ampliātus, past participle of ampliō (“to make wider”). By surface analysis, ample + -i- + -ate.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ampliate
Today it means: Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects. Full definition →
Latin ampliātus