authentic
/əˈθentɪk/uh-THEN-tik
/əˈθɛntɪk/uh-THEN-tik
Meaningself-made, genuine at source
Common meaning: genuine
- authenticself-made, genuine at sourceSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 43 · scan
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin authenticus ‘self-made, genuine at source’.
Roots
- authenticus Latin “self-made, genuine at source”
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