English
amplitudinal
Amplitudinal comes from Latin amplitūdō ‘a wide extent’, and goes back to amplus ‘great, large, ample’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamplus‘great, large, ample’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEamplitūdōas amplitūdin-‘a wide extent’
- Englishtodayamplitudinal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamplus‘great, large, ample’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEamplitūdōas amplitūdin-‘a wide extent’
- Englishtodayamplitudinal
Formed from -al
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
people, public, popular, complete, plus, supply, poll, folk, completion, implement, supplement, manipulation, comply, accomplish, complement, plural, plethora, depletion, puri, replete, volk, deplete, plebs, plebeian, 76 more
through Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós ‘full’
through Latin plēnus ‘full’
plenty, plain, replenish, plenary, plenum, 16 more
through Latin amplus ‘great, large, ample’
Today it means
adj Relating to amplitude.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin amplus / amplitudinal