Etymograph

English

film d'auteur

Film d'auteur comes from French film d'auteur ‘film of a movie director or a screenwriter…’.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentfilm d'auteur‘film of a movie director or a screenwriter which reflects their artistic personality’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentfilm d'auteur‘film of a movie director or a screenwriter which reflects their artistic personality’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun A film of a movie director or a screenwriter which reflects their artistic personality.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / French film d'auteur / film d'auteur