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Where does “communicator” come from?

Communicator derives from Latin communicatus, past participle of communicare meaning to share or impart, from communis meaning common, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm meaning together.

communicator (English): Someone who, or something that communicates; Any...

Definitions

  1. Someone who, or something that communicates; Any...

Ancestry of “communicator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English‐or—
2Middle English-our—
3Old French-eorAlternative form of -or
4Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “communicator”

  • telecommunicator
  • e-communicator
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →