Where does “autoritarisme” come from?
autoritarisme (Dutch) comes from French autoritarisme, from French autoritaire, from French autorité, from Old French autorité, from Latin auctōritās, from Latin auctor, from Latin augeō, from Proto-Italic augeō.
autoritarisme (Dutch): authoritarianism
Definitions
- authoritarianism
Ancestry of “autoritarisme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | autoritarisme | authoritarianism |
| 2 | French | autoritaire | authoritative |
| 3 | French | autorité | authority |
| 4 | Old French | autorité | authority |
| 5 | Latin | auctōritās | credibility, prestige, reputation, importance |
| 6 | Latin | auctor | seller, vendor; author; authorship, agency,... |
| 7 | Latin | augeō | to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | augeō | to increase; to enlarge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂owg-éye-ti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |