English
hyperauthorship
From hyper- + authorship.
A compound of hyper- + author + -ship + authorship
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- ‘to increase, to enlarge’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg-éye-ti
Proto-Italic *augejō
Proto-Italic *augeō ‘to increase’
Latin augeō ‘to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand’
Latin auctor ‘seller, vendor’
Anglo-Norman autour
Middle English auctour ‘a creator or author’
English author
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- ‘to increase, to enlarge’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg-éye-ti
Proto-Italic *augejō
Proto-Italic *augeō ‘to increase’
Latin augeō ‘to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand’
Latin auctor ‘seller, vendor’
Anglo-Norman autour
Middle English auctour ‘a creator or author’
English author
English authorship
Today it means
noun The phenomenon of many authors attaching their name to a single scientific paper.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hyperauthorship