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