How to Spell author
author
author - noun
- The writer of a literary work (such as a book)
- One that originates or creates something : source
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Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"a famous author"
Usage examples
Examples: 'The word "author" is important to learn.' 'Please use "author" in your sentence.' 'Understanding "author" helps with spelling.'
Etymology
Latin
Middle English autour, auctour, actour "originator, creator, authoritative source, writer," borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French auctur, auttour, actour "originator, creator, instigator, party, authority, writer," borrowed from Latin auctōr-, auctor "principal in a sale, person entitled to take action or authorize, authoritative writer, originator, creator, agent, founder," from augēre "to increase" + -tor, agent suffix
Word family
authors, authorship