Where does “auctour” come from?
auctour (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman autour, 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-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.
auctour (Middle English): A creator or author; the person who authors...
Definitions
- A creator or author; the person who authors...
Ancestry of “auctour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | autour | — |
| 2 | Latin | auctor | seller, vendor; author; authorship, agency,... |
| 3 | Latin | augeō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | augeō | to increase; to enlarge |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂owg-éye-ti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |
Words derived from “auctour”