augmentatio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg-éye-ti

Proto-Italic *augejō

Proto-Italic *augeō

Latin augeō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Latin augmentum

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin augmentō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin augmentātiō

From augmentō + -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [au̯ɡ.mɛnˈtaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [au̯ɡ.menˈtat.t͡si.o]

Noun

augmentātiō f (genitive augmentātiōnis); third declension

1. increase
2. increment
3. advancement
4. augmentation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	augmentātiō	augmentātiōnēs
genitive	augmentātiōnis	augmentātiōnum
dative	augmentātiōnī	augmentātiōnibus
accusative	augmentātiōnem	augmentātiōnēs
ablative	augmentātiōne	augmentātiōnibus
vocative	augmentātiō	augmentātiōnēs

Antonyms

• dīminūtiō

Related terms

• augmentō

Descendants

• → Catalan: augmentació
• → English: augmentation
• → Old French: augmentacion
  • Middle French: augmentation
    • French: augmentation
    • → Middle English: augmentacioun
      • English: augmentation
• → Italian: aumentazione
• → Portuguese: aumentação
• → Romanian: augmentație
• → Spanish: aumentación

References

• "augmentatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)