English
ampliatio
Ampliatio comes from Latin ampliātiō ‘extending’, and goes back to amplus ‘abundant, ample’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamplus‘abundant, ample’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEampliō‘to extend, ennoble, adjourn’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEampliātiō‘extending’
- Englishtodayampliatio
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamplus‘abundant, ample’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEampliō‘to extend, ennoble, adjourn’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEampliātiō‘extending’
- Englishtodayampliatio
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
people, public, popular, complete, plus, supply, poll, folk, implement, supplement, comply, completion, accomplish, complement, manipulation, plural, plethora, puri, replete, depletion, volk, deplete, plebs, plebeian, 75 more
through Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós ‘full’
through Latin plēnus ‘full’
plenty, plain, plenary, replenish, plenum, 15 more
through Latin amplus ‘abundant, ample’
Today it means
noun The use of an epithet for effect, when that epithet is not truly applicable to the referent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin amplus / ampliatio