used to express the comparative and superlative of a following adjective or adverb · most, -est (superlative) · more, most (to a greater / the greatest extent)
eş: davantage, -issime
köken: Inherited from Middle French plus, from Old French plus, from Latin plus.
aile: à plus, à plus tard, au plus, d'autant plus, d'autant plus que, de plus, de plus en plus, en plus, en plus de, ni plus ni moins
comparative degree of molto; more · anymore, any longer
eş: maggiore, superiore, maggiormente, soprattutto, principalmente, oltre
köken: Inherited from Latin plūs, from Old Latin *plous, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-, *pelh₁u- (“many”). The initial autogemination, though lost in standard pronunciation, is still found in most varieties of regional Italian. The gemination occurs predictably before the palatalization of the original liquid -l-, compare doppio, orecchio, etc.
used to form the comparative of adjectives and adverbs; more; -er · preceded by the definitive article, used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; most; -est · more (to a greater degree or extent)
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese mais, from Latin magis (“more”). Doublet of mas. Displaced collateral form chus.
aile: mais mais, mais ou menos
O Tejo é mais bello que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia
Então continuaram a estudar enquanto o céu lá fora se tornava gradualmente mais escuro.
[…], quanto maior o diâmetro axonal, mais rapidamente ele conduz impulsos.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *éy Proto-Indo-European *h₁yów Proto-Balto-Slavic *jau Proto-Slavic *ju Proto-Indo-European *gʰe Proto-Balto-Slavic *ge Proto-Slavic *že Proto-Slavic *(j)uže Old Polish już Polish już Inherited from Old Polish już.
any more, any longer · only, merely, just, solely (when there used to be more) · synonym of enemmän /enempää (“more”)
köken: Either from the partitive singular of (now obsolete) enä, or alternatively from enä + -ki(n), through reduction (*enä-ɣi(k) > enäi > enää); the clitic -kin (from earlier *-ɣik) may have developed a comparative sense. In Old Literary Finnish, this word was used in the more general meaning “more”, including as a comparative adjective, but its use has become more specialized over time.
köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic маи (mai), from Koine Greek Μάϊος (Máïos), from Latin (mensis) Maius. Less likely a direct derivation from Latin.
comparative degree of palju: more than ((of quantity) in greater quantity or degree compared to something) · again, anymore · rather, instead (indicating preference)