Autor German · revision 35225

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1473, Heinrich Steinhöwel|origins=la augeō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈaʊ̯toːɐ̯/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Autor''' ''m'' (mixed or weak, genitive Autors or (rare, proscribed) Autoren, plural Autoren, feminine Autorin)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|auctor|t=originator, founder, author]], also spelled [[m|la|autor]] in Latin, an agent noun of [[m|la|augeō|t=to increase, promote]], borrowed in the 15th century.^(Kluge 2011|78)^(DFWB)^(Duden 7 2020|120)^(Wiktionary) Literally the Latin word meant “increaser, promoter”.^(Duden 7 2020|120)^(Duden GWDS 1999) Wahrig gives [[fr|auteur]] as the immediate source.^(Wahrig Herkunftswörterbuch) Duden connects the Latin verb with [[wachsen]].^(Duden 7 2020|120)

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+ The same word is [[nl|auteur]], [[en|author]] and [[sv|auktor]].^(Kluge 2011|78)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first record is from 1473, when Heinrich Steinhöwel wrote of ''der auctor dises büchlins'' (“the author of this little book”).^(DFWB)^(Paul 2002) The Revised Grimm cites a Lancelot manuscript of about 1430 where ''auctor'' may mean “authority, source”.^(DWB2|3, 1663) Early New High German used the word for the originator or instigator of something and for the author of a longer text.^(FWB)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Until the 18th century it was also written ''Auctor'' and often inflected as in Latin, though the present form occurs from the 16th century.^(DFWB) In the vernaculars the Latin sense “originator” soon narrowed to “writer”.^(Kluge 2011|78) Cochläus inflected the word in German in 1538, but it became current only in the 18th century, in Gellert, Lessing, Wieland and especially Goethe: ''Wenn einem Autor ein Lexikon nachkommen kann, so taugt er nichts'' (“if a dictionary can keep up with an author, he is no good”).^(Paul 2002) From the beginning it often meant a poet, and in the 19th and 20th centuries it was widened to the creators of music, art, film and photography.^(DFWB) The feminine [[Autorin]] is recorded from the early 18th century.^(Duden 7 2020|120) The native replacement is [[Verfasser]].^(Kluge 2011|78) Polish and Czech ''autor'' and [[ru|автор|tr=avtor]] were borrowed from German.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * About 1430 – ''auctor'' appears in a Lancelot manuscript.^(DWB2|3, 1663)

+ * 1473 – Steinhöwel uses ''auctor'' for the author of a book.^(DFWB)^(Paul 2002)

+ * Around 1500 – ''autorisieren'' is borrowed.^(Paul 2002)^(Duden 7 2020|120)

+ * 1538 – Cochläus inflects the word in German.^(Paul 2002)

+ * Early 18th century – ''Autorin'' appears.^(Duden 7 2020|120)

+ * 1752 – Rabener uses ''Autorschaft''.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|author]], the writer of a literary work or of a text: ''Die Autorin las aus ihrem neuen Roman.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(less common)'' The creator of a work of music, art, photography or film.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ # A person who causes or brings about something.^(Wiktionary DE)^(FWB)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Autorin]]

+ * [[Autorschaft]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Autorität]]

+ * [[autorisieren]]

+ * [[Auktion]]

+ * [[en|author]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}