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adaugeo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From ad- +‎ augeō (increase).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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adaugeō (present infinitive adaugēre, perfect active adauxī, supine adauctum); second conjugation

  1. to make greater by adding to; increase, augment; magnify
    Synonyms: adiciō, extendō, ampliō, amplificō, multiplicō, augeō
    Antonyms: diminuō, minuō, dēminuō, imminuō, tenuō, premō, corripiō

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: adavgu, adãvgari
    • Megleno-Romanian: daug
    • Romanian: adăuga, adăugare
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: aoire
      • French: aoire (dialectal, Burgundy) ; aoite, aouite (Normandy, Picardy, Touraine, Wallony, from past participle aoite)
      • French: aoète, raoète (from past participle aoite with prefix re- added)

References

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  • adaugeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adaugeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • adaugeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.