Where does “abominator” come from?
abominator (English) comes from English abominate, from French abominer, from Italian aborrire, from Italian abborrire, from Latin abhorrīre, from Latin abhorreō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb.
abominator (English): One who abominates
Definitions
- One who abominates
Ancestry of “abominator”, step by step
abominator traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English abominate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | abominate | Abominable; detested; To feel disgust towards; to... |
| 2 | French | abominer | To hold in abomination; to detest, abhor,... |
| 3 | Italian | aborrire | to abhor, to detest, to loathe; To be averse |
| 4 | Italian | abborrire | Alternative spelling of aborrire |
| 5 | Latin | abhorrīre | abhor, be disgusted by, dislike |
| 6 | Latin | abhorreō | to abhor, shudder at, recoil or shrink back from |
| 7 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 8 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |
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 | — |
via Latin abominator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | abominator | second-person singular future active imperative... |