Etymology

authorial

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Today it means: Of, coming from, or typical of an author (especially of books) Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English author ← Middle English auctour
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewg-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂owg-éye-ti
  3. Proto-Italic*augejō
  4. Proto-Italic*augeō
  5. Latinaugeō
  6. Latinauctor
  7. Anglo-Normanautour
  8. Middle Englishauctour
  9. Englishauthor
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. English todayauthorial

From author + -ial.

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