Where does “автор” come from?
автор (Eastern Mari) comes from Russian автор, from Polish autor, from German autor, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, from Latin augeō, from Proto-Italic augeō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂owg-éye-ti.
автор (Eastern Mari): author
Definitions
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Ancestry of “автор”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | автор | author |
| 2 | Polish | autor | author |
| 3 | German | autor | author |
| 4 | Old French | autor | author; creator; instigator |
| 5 | Latin | auctor | seller, vendor; author; authorship, agency,... |
| 6 | Latin | augeō | to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | augeō | to increase; to enlarge |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂owg-éye-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |