Meanings
nouncoauthorship (plural coauthorships)
plural coauthorships · alternative co-authorship
- Joint authorship by two or more authors.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Latinco-
- Englishco-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewg-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂owg-éye-ti
- Proto-Italic*augejō
- Proto-Italic*augeō
- Latinaugeō
- Latinauctor
- Anglo-Normanautour
- Middle Englishauctour
- Englishauthor
- Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
- Englishauthorship
- Englishcoauthorship
From co- + authorship.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan coautoria
- coautoriaauthorship by two or more authors
Polish współautorstwo, współtwórstwo
- współautorstwoauthorship by two or more authors
- współtwórstwoauthorship by two or more authors
Ukrainian співа́вторство
- співа́вторство (spivávtorstvo)authorship by two or more authors
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APA
coauthorship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coauthorship
MLA
“coauthorship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coauthorship. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coauthorship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coauthorship.
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