Where does “authorlessness” come from?
authorlessness (English) comes from English authorless, 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.
authorlessness (English): The condition of being without an author
Definitions
- The condition of being without an author
Ancestry of “authorlessness”, step by step
authorlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English authorless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | authorless | Without an author |
| 2 | English | author | The originator or creator of a work, especially... |
| 3 | Middle English | auctour | A creator or author; the person who authors... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | autour | — |
| 5 | Latin | auctor | seller, vendor; author; authorship, agency,... |
| 6 | Latin | augeō | to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand |
| 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- | — |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |