Meaning

noun writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

noun a person who is able to write and has written something

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wreyd-der.? Proto-Germanic *wrītaną Proto-West Germanic *wrītan Old English wrītan Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Old English wrītere Middle English writer English writer From Middle English writer, writere, from Old English wrītere…

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