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grandis
Latin · ancient
"large, great"
large, great, combined with ad- (to)
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agrandir
French · medieval
"to make greater"
to make greater, from ad- and grandis
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aggrandize
English · 1600s
"to increase someone's power, status, or reputation"
adopted from French for increasing someone's power, status, or reputation
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