myEtymology.com: English etymology of exaggerating

Etymology of the English word exaggerating

the English word exaggerating

derived from the English word exaggerate

derived from the Latin word exaggeratio

derived from the Latin word exaggerare (heap up, accumulate; magnify)

using the Latin prefix ex-

derived from the Late Latin word ex (out)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *eghs

derived from the Latin word aggerare (heap, fill up, bring)

derived from the Classical Latin word agger (rampart; causeway, pier)

derived from the Latin word gerere (to carry; bear, carry, wear)