English
ampliation
Ampliation comes from Latin ampliatio ‘the act of extending, enlarging’, 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 CEampliatio‘the act of extending, enlarging’
- Englishtodayampliation
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 CEampliatio‘the act of extending, enlarging’
- Englishtodayampliation
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
people, public, popular, complete, plus, supply, poll, folk, implement, supplement, comply, accomplish, completion, complement, plural, manipulation, 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 Enlargement; amplification.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin amplus / ampliation