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Where does “attributor” come from?

attributor (English) comes from Latin attributor, from Latin attribuō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

attributor (English): One who attributes; an imputer

Definitions

  1. One who attributes; an imputer

Ancestry of “attributor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinattributorone who attributes, assigns, grants, awards
2Latinattribuō—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →