Where does “cantautor” come from?
cantautor (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese autor, from Old Portuguese 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-.
cantautor (Portuguese): singer-songwriter
Definitions
- singer-songwriter
Ancestry of “cantautor”, step by step
cantautor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese autor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | autor | author |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | autor | — |
| 3 | Latin | auctor | seller, vendor; author; authorship, agency,... |
| 4 | Latin | augeō | to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | augeō | to increase; to enlarge |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂owg-éye-ti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |