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Where does “creator” come from?

Creator comes from Middle English creatour, from Old French creator, from Latin creator, derived from the Latin past participle creatus and the agent noun suffix -or, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-.

creator (English): Something or someone which creates or makes...

Definitions

  1. Something or someone which creates or makes...

Ancestry of “creator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishcreatourThe Christian God as a creator and maker; A...
2Old FrenchCreator—
3Latincreātor—
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōr—
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “creator”

  • cocreator
  • creatorship
  • creatress
  • subcreator
  • miscreator
  • noncreator
  • creatorlike
  • creatorless
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →