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Where does “inauthenticity” come from?

Inauthenticity derives from English inauthentic, from Latin in- (not) plus authenticus, from Ancient Greek αὐθεντικός, ultimately from αὐτός meaning self or one's own.

inauthenticity (English): The state of being inauthentic

Definitions

  1. The state of being inauthentic

Ancestry of “inauthenticity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinauthenticNot authentic or genuine; spurious
2EnglishauthenticOf the same origin as claimed; genuine;...
3Middle Englishauthentik—
4Old Frenchautentique—
5Latinauthenticusoriginal, genuine, authentic
6Ancient Greekαὐθεντικόςwarranted, authentic, authoritative
7Ancient Greekαὐθέντηςa perpetrator of any act, especially that he...
8Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
9Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰe—
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