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
- copyright
Ancestry of “Auteursrecht”, step by step
Auteursrecht traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Luxembourgish Auteur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | Auteur | author |
| 2 | French | auteur | author |
| 3 | Middle French | autheur | author |
| 4 | Old French | autor | author; creator; instigator |
| 5 | Latin | auctor | seller, vendor; author; authorship, agency,... |
| 6 | Latin | augeō | to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | augeō | to increase; to enlarge |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂owg-éye-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |
via Dutch recht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | recht | right; straight; a right, privilege |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | recht | straight, not bent; upright; right, exact |
| 3 | Old Dutch | reht | right |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | reht | straight; right, correct; morally upright, just |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | rehtaz | right, straight; morally upright, just |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵtós | straightened, right, upright |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |