breadthen

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English breadth
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-West Germanic *-inōn
Old English -nian
Middle English -enen / -nen
English -en
English breadthen

    From breadth + -en (verbal suffix).

    Verb

    breadthen (third-person singular simple present breadthens, present participle breadthening, simple past and past participle breadthened)

    1. (transitive) To increase in breadth.

    Synonyms

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