Morpheme
Author
Type
free base
Denotation
creator, one who causes to grow
Etymology
Middle English auctor, autour, autor; Old French auctor, autor and Latin auctor, agent noun from auctus, past participle of augere
Evidence
antiauthoritarian, antiauthority, author, authored, authoring, authoritarian, authoritarianism, authoritarianist, authoritarianly, authoritarianness, authoritarians, authoritative, authoritatively, authority, authorityless, authoritywise, authorization, authorize, authorized, authorizes, authorizing, authors, multiauthority, nonauthoritarian, unauthorized
Modern Base Analysis
<Authorite> denoting authority
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal constructions -itarian, -itate
from authority (<Author + -i- + -ty>)
antiauthoritarian, authoritarian, authoritarianism, authoritarianist, authoritarianly, authoritarianness, authoritarians, authoritative, authoritatively, nonauthoritarian
