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Where does “auteurial” come from?

auteurial (English) comes from English auteur, 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.

auteurial (English): Of, or related to an auteur

Definitions

  1. Of, or related to an auteur

Ancestry of “auteurial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishauteurA creative artist, especially a film director,...
2Frenchauteurauthor; composer, artist; inventor ; perpetrator...
3Middle Frenchautheurauthor
4Old Frenchautorauthor; creator; instigator
5Latinauctorseller, vendor; author; authorship, agency,...
6Latinaugeō—
7Proto-Italicaugeōto increase; to enlarge
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂owg-éye-ti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewg-to increase, to enlarge
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weg-to increase, to enlarge
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug- →