Augmentation
/ˌɔːɡ.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/noun
The act or process of increasing the size, amount, value, or extent of something.
Did you know?In music, augmentation means lengthening a melody’s notes, while in rhetoric and medieval thought it could mean deliberately enlarging an idea’s force or importance.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂ewg-
“To increase, strengthen, or make greater”
Ancient Greek
Greek
auxanō (αὐξάνω)
“I increase, make grow, or enlarge”
Classical Latin
Latin
augēre
“To increase, enrich, or make greater”
Classical Latin
Latin
augmentātiō
“An increase, enlargement, or addition”
Middle English
Anglo-French/English
augmentacioun
“An increase or enlargement”
Modern English
English
augmentation
“The act or process of making something greater”