enhance

The story

1. Latin · derived fromin
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*inaltiāre“raise”
3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromanhauncer“enhance, raise”
4. Middle English · inherited fromenhauncen, anhaunsen
5. English todayenhance

From Middle English enhauncen, anhaunsen, from Anglo-Norman anhauncer (“enhance, raise”), from Vulgar Latin *inaltiāre (“raise”), derived from Latin in + altus (“high”). The /h/ in Old French was taken from haut (“high”), where it resulted from Frankish influence.

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