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Where does “autoridad” come from?

autoridad (Spanish) comes from Latin auctōritās, 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-.

autoridad (Spanish): authority

Definitions

  1. authority

Ancestry of “autoridad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinauctōritās—
2Latinauctorseller, vendor; author; authorship, agency,...
3Latinaugeō—
4Proto-Italicaugeōto increase; to enlarge
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂owg-éye-ti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewg-to increase, to enlarge
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weg-to increase, to enlarge
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-—

Words derived from “autoridad”

  • antiautoritario
  • autoritario
  • autoritarismo
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