Where does “Co-Autor” come from?

Co-Autor (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-.

Co-Autor (German): coauthor

Definitions

  1. coauthor

Ancestry of “Co-Autor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanautorauthor
2Old Frenchautorauthor; creator; instigator
3Latinauctorseller, vendor; author; authorship, agency,...
4Latinaugeōto increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand
5Proto-Italicaugeōto increase; to enlarge
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂owg-éye-ti
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewg-to increase, to enlarge
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weg-to increase, to enlarge
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-

Words derived from “Co-Autor

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