Where does “Bestsellerautor” come from?
Bestsellerautor (German) comes from German autor, from Old French autor, 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-.
Bestsellerautor (German): bestselling author
Definitions
- bestselling author
Ancestry of “Bestsellerautor”, step by step
Bestsellerautor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German autor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | autor | author |
| 2 | Old French | autor | author; creator; instigator |
| 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 German Bestseller
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bestseller | bestseller |
| 2 | English | bestseller | A book or other product that has sold in large... |
| 3 | English | Best | Most; largest |
| 4 | Middle English | best | Alternative form of beste; Alternative form of... |
| 5 | Old English | bist | second-person singular present of bēon |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | biusi | second-person singular present active indicative... |