Where does “Drehbuchautor” come from?
Drehbuchautor (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-.
Drehbuchautor (German): screenwriter
Definitions
- screenwriter
Ancestry of “Drehbuchautor”, step by step
Drehbuchautor 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 Drehbuch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Drehbuch | script, screenplay |
| 2 | German | drehen | to turn, revolve, rotate, roll; to shoot; to veer |
| 3 | Middle High German | dræjen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | drāen | to turn; to twist; turn |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | þrāan | to twist |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þrēaną | to twist, to turn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |