Where does “octroyer” come from?
octroyer (French) comes from Old French otroiier, from Latin auctōrizō, from Latin auctor, from Latin augeō, from Proto-Italic augeō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂owg-éye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-.
octroyer (French): to grant
Definitions
- to grant
Ancestry of “octroyer”, step by step
octroyer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French otroiier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | otroiier | to give; to grant |
| 2 | Latin | auctōrizō | to authorize |
| 3 | Latin | auctor | seller, vendor; author; authorship, agency,... |
| 4 | Latin | augeō | to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | augeō | to increase; to enlarge |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂owg-éye-ti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |
via Late Latin auctorizare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | auctorizare | — |