Etymology

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Today it means: To make (something) larger. Full definition →

Middle English enlargen ← Old French enlargier
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  1. Old French · derived fromenlargier
  2. Middle English · inherited fromenlargen
  3. English todayenlarge

From Middle English enlargen, from Old French enlargier, enlargir. By surface analysis, en- + large.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishenlargen all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.