augment
A grammatical prefixA grammatical prefix: In some languages, a prefix *é- (अ- (a-) in Sanskrit, ἐ- (e-) in Greek) indicating a past tense of a verb.
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Meaning
4 sensesA grammatical prefix
In some languages, a prefix *é- (अ- (a-) in Sanskrit, ἐ- (e-) in Greek) indicating a past tense of a verb.
The augment is found in Greek, Indo-Iranian, Armenian and Phrygian.
Augment, Augmentum
аугментaugment
Especially Old Irish, a preverb, usually ro-, used to give a verb a resultative or potential meaning.
In some languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
An increase.
Origin
From Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, frFrom Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“an increase, growth”), from augere (“to increase”).
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