noun, feminine/auˈtoɾa/plural: autoras
female author, authoress (female equivalent of autor)
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 Spanish -a Spanish autora From autor (“author”) + -a (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).