auctor

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • seller, vendor
  • author
  • (figuratively) authorship, agency, encouragement
  • (poetic) the Creator, God
  • (also) one who gives increase (hence: an originator, causer, doer, founder)

Etymology

Affix from Latin augeō (increase, spread, exaggerate, honour, praise, raise, lengthen, augment, enrich, expand, strengthen, nourish, exalt, enlarge) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (increase, enlarge, related to increasement, grow, become many).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂ewg-

Gloss

increase, enlarge, related to increasement, grow, become many

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

殖

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