Where does “assentator” come from?
assentator (English) comes from Latin assentator, from Latin assentor, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
assentator (English): An obsequious flatterer
Definitions
- An obsequious flatterer
Ancestry of “assentator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | assentator | yes man; flatterer, toady; second-person singular... |
| 2 | Latin | assentor | I assent, agree with, approve; flatter |
| 3 | Latin | sentiō | to feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses) |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |