英语词汇“Indo-European root: aug-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: aug-

释义

‌‌aug-
To increase. Oldest form *h₂eug‑, colored to *h₂aug‑. Variant *h₂weg‑ becoming *(a)weg‑.
Derivatives include nickname, auction, and auxiliary.

1. eke¹, from Old English ēacan, ēcan, to increase;
2. nickname, from Old English ēaca, an addition. Both a and b from Germanic *aukan.
Variant (metathesized) form *weg‑ (from *əweg‑), extended to *wegs‑ (o-grade *wogs‑).
1. wax²; woodwaxen, from Old English weaxan, to grow, from Germanic *wahsan;
2. waist, from Old English *wæst, growth, hence perhaps waist, size, from Germanic *wahs-tu‑.
Form *aug-ē‑. auction, augend, augment, author, authorize, from Latin augēre, to increase.
augur; inaugurate, from Latin augur, diviner (< "he who obtains favorable presage" < "divine favor, increase").
august, from Latin augustus, majestic, august.
Suffixed form *aug-s‑.
1. auxiliary, from Latin auxilium, aid, support, assistance;
2. auxin, auxesis, from Greek auxein, auxanein, to increase.

[Pokorny au̯eg‑ 84.]

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