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− It is Middle English anhaunsen, enhauncen, [[bor|xno|enhauncer]], probably an alteration of Old French enhaucier, to make greater, higher or louder,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Vulgar Latin *inaltiāre, from Late Latin inaltāre, to raise, exalt,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from Latin in-, on, and altus, high (see [[altitude]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) from PIE *al-, to grow, nourish.^(Etymonline) The -n- may be due to Provençal enansar, to promote, further;^(Etymonline) Barnhart suggests that the h of the French verb came from the influence of Frankish *hōh, high.^(Barnhart 1988)