augment的词源

英文词源

augment (v.)

c. 1400, from Old French augmenter "increase, enhance" (14c.), from Late Latin augmentare "to increase," from Latin augmentum "an increase," from augere "to increase, make big, enlarge, enrich," from PIE root *aug- (1) "to increase" (cognates: Sanskrit ojas- "strength;" Lithuanian augu "to grow," aukstas "high, of superior rank;" Greek auxo "increase," auxein "to increase;" Gothic aukan "to grow, increase;" Old English eacien "to increase"). Related: Augmented; augmenting. As a noun from early 15c.

中文词源

augment：增加、增大

发音释义：[ɔːg'ment] vi. 增加；增大vt. 增加；增大n. 增加；增大

结构分析：augment = aug（增加、增大）+ment（名词后缀）→增加、增大

词源解释：aug←拉丁语augere（增加、增大）←原始印欧词根aug（增加、增大）

同源词：auction（拍卖）

衍生词：augmentative（扩大的）；augmentation（增加、增大）

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：augment 词源，augment 含义。

augment：增加

来自词根aug, 增加。

augment：扩大，增加，提高

词根词缀： -aug-增加 + -ment名词词尾