Where does “auxiliaire” come from?

auxiliaire (French) comes from Latin auxiliāris, from Latin auxilium, from Proto-Italic augeō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂owg-éye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.

auxiliaire (French): auxiliary; a helping verb, an auxiliary verb

Definitions

  1. auxiliary; a helping verb, an auxiliary verb

Ancestry of “auxiliaire”, step by step

auxiliaire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin auxiliāris

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinauxiliārisassisting, helping, aiding
2Latinauxiliumhelp, aid; antidote, remedy
3Proto-Italicaugeōto increase; to enlarge
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂owg-éye-ti—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewg-to increase, to enlarge
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weg-to increase, to enlarge
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-—

via French verbe auxiliaire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchverbe auxiliaireauxiliary verb

Words derived from “auxiliaire”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg- →