Where does “authorially” come from?

authorially (English) comes from English authorial, from English author, from Middle English auctour, from Anglo-Norman autour, from Latin auctor, from Latin augeō, from Proto-Italic augeō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂owg-éye-ti.

authorially (English): as an author

Definitions

  1. as an author

Ancestry of “authorially”, step by step

authorially traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English authorial

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishauthorialOf, coming from, or typical of an author
2EnglishauthorThe originator or creator of a work, especially...
3Middle EnglishauctourA creator or author; the person who authors...
4Anglo-Normanautour
5Latinauctorseller, vendor; author; authorship, agency,...
6Latinaugeōto increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand
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-

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-