augment

The story

1. Latin · derived fromaugmentum“an increase, growth”
2. Late Latin · derived fromaugmentare“to increase”
3. Old French · derived fromaugmenter
4. Middle French · derived fromaugmenter
5. Middle English · inherited fromaugmenten
6. English todayaugment

From Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“an increase, growth”), from augere (“to increase”).