Where does “auteur” come from?
auteur (Dutch) comes from French auteur, from Middle French autheur, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, from Latin augeō, from Proto-Italic augeō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂owg-éye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-.
auteur (Dutch): author; composer, artist, creator of a work
Definitions
- author; composer, artist, creator of a work
Ancestry of “auteur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | auteur | author |
| 2 | Middle French | autheur | author |
| 3 | Old French | autor | author; creator; instigator |
| 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- | — |