## Etymology
From aggrandize + -ment, after French agrandissement, from agrandir ('to make larger'), from a- (Latin ad, 'to') + grandir, from Latin grandis ('great, large').

## AI Etymology
aggrandizement comes from aggrandize + -ment, after French agrandissement, from agrandir ('to make larger'), from a- (Latin ad, 'to') + grandir, from Latin grandis ('great, large'). Morphologically, the word is transparent: -ment is attached to the older base named in the history, so the modern form packages an inherited or borrowed stem inside a later English derivative. In modern use, the noun sense is "the increase of one's power, wealth, or reputation", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as aggrandize, grand, grandeur, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include French agrandir, Latin grandis, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material.

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