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English word author comes from Proto-Italic *augeō (To enlarge. To increase.)

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*augeō (Proto-Italic)

To enlarge. To increase.

augeo (Latin)

(figuratively) I exalt, praise. I enlarge, spread, expand. I exaggerate. I honor, enrich. I increase, augment. I lengthen.

auctus (Latin)

Ample. Enlarged. Enriched.

auctor (Latin)

(Medieval Latin) one who gives increase (hence: an originator, causer, doer, founder). (figuratively) authorship, agency, encouragement. (poetic) the Creator, God. Author. Seller, vendor.

autor (Old French)

Author (writer). Creator; instigator.

autour (Anglo-Norman)

author (English)

(the author) I, me. used in academic articles as first-person pronoun.. Someone who writes books for a living.. The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.. The works of an author or authors. (chiefly, US, sometimes, proscribed) To create a work as its author.

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