Origin: Germanic Old English suffix
Authorship has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
the act of creating written works
"writing was a form of therapy for him"
"it was a matter of disputed authorship"
the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing
"the authorship of the theory is disputed"
The quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author.
"The committee spent hours debating who held true authorship of the groundbreaking report, not just who wrote the final draft but whose vision shaped its core ideas from start to finish."