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
- Of, or related to an auteur
Ancestry of “auteurial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | auteur | A creative artist, especially a film director,... |
| 2 | French | auteur | author; composer, artist; inventor ; perpetrator... |
| 3 | Middle French | autheur | author |
| 4 | Old French | autor | author; creator; instigator |
| 5 | Latin | auctor | seller, vendor; author; authorship, agency,... |
| 6 | Latin | augeō | — |
| 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- | — |