Where does “celebrator” come from?
celebrator (English) comes from English ‐or, from Middle English -our, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
celebrator (English): A person who celebrates or praises
Definitions
- A person who celebrates or praises
Ancestry of “celebrator”, step by step
celebrator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 English celebrate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | celebrate | To extol or honour in a solemn manner; To honour... |
| 2 | Middle English | celebraten | — |
| 3 | Latin | celebratus | thronged; frequented; employed; repeated;... |
| 4 | Latin | celebrō | to go to a place or person in large numbers or often; throng, frequent, fill |
| 5 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |