Where does “Auteursrecht” come from?

Auteursrecht (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Auteur, from French auteur, from Middle French autheur, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, from Latin augeō, from Proto-Italic augeō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂owg-éye-ti.

Auteursrecht (Luxembourgish): copyright

Definitions

  1. copyright

Ancestry of “Auteursrecht”, step by step

Auteursrecht traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Auteur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishAuteurauthor
2Frenchauteurauthor
3Middle Frenchautheurauthor
4Old Frenchautorauthor; creator; instigator
5Latinauctorseller, vendor; author; authorship, agency,...
6Latinaugeōto increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand
7Proto-Italicaugeōto increase; to enlarge
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂owg-éye-ti
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewg-to increase, to enlarge
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weg-to increase, to enlarge
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-

via Dutch recht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchrechtright; straight; a right, privilege
2Middle Dutchrechtstraight, not bent; upright; right, exact
3Old Dutchrehtright
4Proto-West Germanicrehtstraight; right, correct; morally upright, just
5Proto-Germanicrehtazright, straight; morally upright, just
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵtósstraightened, right, upright
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

via Luxembourgish Recht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishRechtright, privilege, entitlement; law
2Middle High Germanreht
3Old High Germanrehtright
4Proto-Germanic*reht

Words derived from “Auteursrecht

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-
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