How to spell author

hear itau·thor/'ɔθər/nounLong vowels

What it means: A person who writes books or stories.

In a sentence: The author wrote a magical story about a dragon.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as auther or autor.

Same family: authored, authoring, authorship, coauthor, authority. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Author comes from Latin 'auctor', meaning 'originator' or 'one who causes to grow.' It is related to the word 'authority,' because an author is the original source of ideas or writing.

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