noun, masculine/auˈtoɾ/plural: autores
author; perpetrator of a crime
Synonyms: escribiente, perpetrador, responsable
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg-éye-ti Proto-Italic *augejō Proto-Italic *augeō Latin augeō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin auctorslbor. Spanish autor Semi-learned borrowing from Latin auctor.