Where does “autor” come from?

autor (Polish) comes from German autor, from Old French autor, 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-.

autor (Polish): author

Definitions

  1. author

Ancestry of “autor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanautorauthor
2Old Frenchautorauthor; creator; instigator
3Latinauctorseller, vendor; author; authorship, agency,...
4Latinaugeōto increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand
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 “autor

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