Where does “octroi” come from?
octroi (French) comes from Middle French octroy, from Old French otroi, from Old French otroier, from Medieval Latin auctorizare, from Latin auctor, from Latin augeō, from Proto-Italic augeō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂owg-éye-ti.
octroi (French): grant, granting; concession
Definitions
- grant, granting; concession
Ancestry of “octroi”, step by step
octroi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French octroy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | octroy | — |
| 2 | Old French | otroi | — |
| 3 | Old French | otroier | Alternative form of otroiier; to grant |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | auctorizare | present active infinitive of auctōrizō;... |
| 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 French octroyer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | octroyer | to grant |
| 2 | Old French | otroiier | to give; to grant |
| 3 | Latin | auctōrizō | to authorize |
| 4 | Latin | -izō | Used to form similative verbs from nouns and adjectives |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |