Where does “coauthor” come from?
Coauthor derives from English co- combined with author, which comes from Anglo-Norman autour, from Latin auctor meaning "one who increases or originates," from the Latin agent noun suffix -tor added to Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg- meaning "to increase."
coauthor (English): An author who collaborates with another to write...
Definitions
- An author who collaborates with another to write...
Ancestry of “coauthor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | co- | together; mutually; jointly; partner or... |
| 2 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 3 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 5 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | — |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |