Where does “anticipator” come from?
anticipator (English) comes from English anticipate, from Latin anticipatus, from Latin anticipo, from Latin capio, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
anticipator (English): One who anticipates; A device in a thermostat...
Definitions
- One who anticipates; A device in a thermostat...
Ancestry of “anticipator”, step by step
anticipator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English anticipate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | anticipate | To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action |
| 2 | Latin | anticipatus | anticipated |
| 3 | Latin | anticipo | I take or get before; anticipate; I surpass,... |
| 4 | Latin | capio | I take, I capture, I catch, I seize, I take... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
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 | — |