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/ˈɔːθə/AW-thur
/ˈɔθɚ/AW-thur

Meaningoriginator

Common meaning: the person who wrote a book or other work

Journey through time

  1. Latinauctor‘originator’source
  2. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsoriginator → writerautor‘writer’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftswriter → the person who wrote a book or other workauthor‘the person who wrote a book or other work’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin auctor ‘originator’.

Source words

  • auctor Latin · source word “originator”

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