authorship

[Eng. author, and suffix. -ship.] The profe ion of an author; the state of being an author; or the exercise of the functions of an author on any occasion; origination. "That waste chaos of authorship by trade."-Carlyle: Heroes and Hero-Worship, Lecture V. âu-to-, pref. [From Gr. αὐτός ( autos ) = of one's self or of itself = natural, independent, alone, . Sometimes auto is used subjectively, as autograph = that which one himself writes; and sometimes objectively, as auto biography = a writing about the life of one's self.]