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LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

author.

seller, vendor; originator; historian; authority; proposer, supporter; founder;

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈau̯.tʰɔr]Classical-Latin[ˈaːu̯.tor]
  1. alternative form of auctor: source, creator, vendor, author, artist

    New-Latin · alt-of · alternative · declension-3 · masculine · proscribed
Where this word comes from

Late variant of auctor and autor under influence of descendants such as English author.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.