Where does “Auguste” come from?

Auguste (French) comes from Latin Augustus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.

Auguste (French): Augustus, the Roman emperor

Definitions

  1. Augustus, the Roman emperor

Ancestry of “Auguste”, step by step

Auguste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Augustus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAugustusvenerable
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewg-to increase, to enlarge
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weg-to increase, to enlarge
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-—

via German [[dumme August

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German[[dumme August—

Words derived from “Auguste”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug- →