Where does “inauthentic” come from?
Inauthentic comes from Middle English in- (not) prefixed to authentic, which derives from Latin authenticus, from Ancient Greek authentikos meaning "original" or "genuine," ultimately from the root autos meaning "self."
inauthentic (English): Not authentic or genuine; spurious
Definitions
- Not authentic or genuine; spurious
Ancestry of “inauthentic”, 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 | — |
Words derived from “inauthentic”