Where does “autoría” come from?

autoría (Spanish) comes from Galician 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-.

autoría (Spanish): responsibility; authorship

Definitions

  1. responsibility; authorship

Ancestry of “autoría”, step by step

autoría traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician autor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianautorauthor
2Old Portugueseautor
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-

via Asturian autor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Asturianautorauthor

via Spanish autor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishautorauthor
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-