Where does “abdicator” come from?
abdicator (English) comes from English abdicate, from Latin abdicatus, from Latin abdicō, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
abdicator (English): A person supporting the abdication of another;...
Definitions
- A person supporting the abdication of another;...
Ancestry of “abdicator”, step by step
abdicator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English abdicate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | abdicate | To disclaim and expel from the family, as a... |
| 2 | Latin | abdicatus | denied, refused, rejected, having been rejected;... |
| 3 | Latin | abdicō | to be against, disapprove of, reject, refuse, deny, forbid, disallow, condemn |
| 4 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |