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Where does “autoritario” come from?

autoritario (Italian) comes from Italian autorità, from Latin auctōritās, 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-.

autoritario (Italian): authoritarian

Definitions

  1. authoritarian

Ancestry of “autoritario”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianautoritàauthority; authorities; Extended meanings
2Latinauctōritās—
3Latinauctorseller, vendor; author; authorship, agency,...
4Latinaugeō—
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 “autoritario”

  • antiautoritarismo
  • autoritarismo
  • antiautoritario
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug- →