Where does “authenticity” come from?
Authenticity derives from English authentic plus the French suffix -ité, from Latin -itas and authenticus, from Ancient Greek αὐθεντικός meaning of one's own hand, ultimately from αὐτός self.
authenticity (English): The quality of being genuine or not corrupted...
Definitions
- The quality of being genuine or not corrupted...
Ancestry of “authenticity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | authentic | Of the same origin as claimed; genuine;... |
| 2 | Middle English | authentik | — |
| 3 | Old French | autentique | — |
| 4 | Latin | authenticus | original, genuine, authentic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | αὐθεντικός | warranted, authentic, authoritative |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐθέντης | a perpetrator of any act, especially that he... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |