Etymology

authorship

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Today it means: The quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English author ← Middle English auctour
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewg-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂owg-éye-ti
  3. Proto-Italic*augejō
  4. Proto-Italic*augeō
  5. Latinaugeō
  6. Latinauctor
  7. Anglo-Normanautour
  8. Middle Englishauctour
  9. Englishauthor
  10. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  11. English todayauthorship

From author + -ship.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.