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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

  1. Involving more than one authority

Ancestry of “multiauthority”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishauthorityThe power to enforce rules or give orders;...
2Middle EnglishauctoriteLegal authority or control; the privilege of...
3Old Frenchautoritéauthority
4Latinauctōritās—
5Latinauctorseller, vendor; author; authorship, agency,...
6Latinaugeō—
7Proto-Italicaugeōto increase; to enlarge
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂owg-éye-ti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewg-to increase, to enlarge
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weg-to increase, to enlarge
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug- →