Where does “авторите́т” come from?
авторите́т (Bulgarian) comes from French autorité, from Old French autorité, from Latin auctōritās, from Latin auctor, from Latin augeō, from Proto-Italic augeō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂owg-éye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-.
авторите́т (Bulgarian): authority, prestige the power to influence or command thought, opinion, or behaviour
Definitions
- authority, prestige the power to influence or command thought, opinion, or behaviour
Ancestry of “авторите́т”, step by step
авторите́т traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French autorité
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | autorité | authority |
| 2 | Old French | autorité | authority |
| 3 | Latin | auctōritās | credibility, prestige, reputation, importance |
| 4 | Latin | auctor | seller, vendor; author; authorship, agency,... |
| 5 | Latin | augeō | to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | augeō | to increase; to enlarge |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂owg-éye-ti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |
via Russian авторите́т
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | авторите́т | authority, prestige |
| 2 | German | Autorität | authority |