Where does “Augustus” come from?

Augustus (Old English) comes from Latin Augustus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.

Augustus (Old English): the Roman emperor Augustus

Definitions

  1. the Roman emperor Augustus

Ancestry of “Augustus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAugustusvenerable
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewg-to increase, to enlarge
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weg-to increase, to enlarge
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-—

Words derived from “Augustus”

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