Latin

augeō

‘to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin augeō.

10 English words in this record descend from Latin augeō, most familiar first.

• author ← auctour ← autour ← autor ← auctor
• authority ← auctorite ← autorité ← auctōritās ← auctor
• auction ← auctiō
• augment ← augmenten ← augmenter ← augmenter ← augmentare
• augmentation ← augmentacion ← augmentātiō ← augmentō ← augmentum
• auteur ← autheur ← autor ← auctor
• augmentative ← augmentatif ← augmentatif ← augmentātīvus ← augmentō
• octroi ← octroy ← otroi ← otroier ← auctorizō
• auctrix
• octroy ← octroyer ← otroiier ← auctōrizō

Etymograph / Latin augeō