Where does “multiauthority” come from?
multiauthority (English) comes from English authority, from Middle English auctorite, from Old French autorité, from Latin auctōritās, from Latin auctor, from Latin augeō, from Proto-Italic augeō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂owg-éye-ti.
multiauthority (English): Involving more than one authority
Definitions
- Involving more than one authority
Ancestry of “multiauthority”, step by step
multiauthority traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English authority
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | authority | The power to enforce rules or give orders;... |
| 2 | Middle English | auctorite | Legal authority or control; the privilege of... |
| 3 | Old French | autorité | authority |
| 4 | Latin | auctōritās | credibility, prestige, reputation, importance |
| 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 multi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 2 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 3 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 4 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 5 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 6 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |