author
English
/ˈɔː.θə/, /ˈɔ.θɚ/, /ˈɑ.θɚ/, /ˈɒː.təɹ/
noun
Definitions
- The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.
- Someone who writes books for a living.
- (obsolete) One's authority for something: an informant.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English auctour derived from autour derived from Old French autor derived from Latin auctor (author, originator, agency, encouragement, vendor, authorship, seller) 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
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- authorable English
- authorcraft English
- authordom English
- authoress English
- authorhood English
- authorial English
- authoriality English
- authorially English
- authorish English
- authorism English
- authorless English
- authorlessness English
- authorlike English
- authorling English
- authorly English
- authorship English
- authress English
- auxiliary English
- coauthor English
- coauthorial English
- coauthorship English
- craft English
- multiauthor English
- nonauthor English
- nonauthorial English
- overauthor English
- reauthor English
- unauthorly English
- Augustus Latin
- Augustīnus Latin
- auctor Latin
- auctor, auctorem Latin
- auctoritas Latin
- auctorizare Latin
- auctorizo Latin
- auctoro Latin
- auctrix Latin
- auctōrizāre Latin
- auctōrizō, auctōrizāre Latin
- auctōrāre, auctōrō Latin
- augeō Latin
- augeō, augere Latin
- augmentum Latin
- augmentātiō Latin
- augustus Latin
- exauctōrāre Latin
- Autor German
- auteur French
- autor Spanish, Castilian
- αὐγή Ancient Greek
- αὐξάνειν Ancient Greek
- αὐξάνω Ancient Greek
- *h₂ewg- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂owg-éye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ógeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *auk Proto-Germanic
- *aukaną Proto-Germanic
- *aukô Proto-Germanic
- *wahsijaną, *wahsaną Proto-Germanic
- auctorite Middle English
- auctour Middle English
- eken Middle English
- nekename Middle English
- أوج Arabic
- autor Old French
- autor Catalan, Valencian
- autor Galician
- اوگ Persian
- awdur Welsh
- áugtor Old Irish
- auteu Norman
- autheur Middle French
- 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌹𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌹𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- autor Old Portuguese
- *ouxselos Proto-Celtic
- autor Occitan
- *augeō Proto-Italic
- autor Asturian
- augti Lithuanian
- aukštas Lithuanian
- autour xno
- *(h)aug- Proto-Albanian
- *augtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- leistagst Mòcheno
- auk- Tocharian B
- oko Tocharian B
- autor Aragonese
- craft
- reauthor
- coauthor
- authorly
- authress
- authordom
- authorism
- authorial
- nonauthor
- authorish
- authoress
- auxiliary
- authorlike
- unauthorly
- authorable
- overauthor
- authorship
- authorless
- authorling
- authorhood
- authorially
- authorcraft
- multiauthor
- coauthorial
- coauthorship
- nonauthorial
- authoriality
- authorlessness