English
enlarge
Enlarge comes from Old French enlargier.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400enlargier
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500enlargen
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1587enlarge
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400enlargier
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500enlargen
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1587enlarge
Earliest quotation: a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., (please specify the folio): “Like a Lionesse lately enlarged.”
Latin largus ‘abundant, plentiful, copious, large’
Latin larga
Old French large ‘generous’
Middle English large
English large
Every English word from Old French enlargier
Today it means
verb To make (something) larger.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French enlargier / enlarge