Where does “authoritativeness” come from?
authoritativeness (English) comes from English authoritative, from English authority, from Middle English auctorite, from Old French autorité, from Latin auctōritās, from Latin auctor, from Latin augeō, from Proto-Italic augeō.
authoritativeness (English): The quality of possessing authority; The quality...
Definitions
- The quality of possessing authority; The quality...
Ancestry of “authoritativeness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | authoritative | Arising or originating from a figure of... |
| 2 | English | authority | The power to enforce rules or give orders;... |
| 3 | Middle English | auctorite | Legal authority or control; the privilege of... |
| 4 | Old French | autorité | authority |
| 5 | Latin | auctōritās | credibility, prestige, reputation, importance |
| 6 | Latin | auctor | seller, vendor; author; authorship, agency,... |
| 7 | Latin | augeō | to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | augeō | to increase; to enlarge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂owg-éye-ti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |