Where does “designator” come from?
Designator comes from Latin designatus, past participle of designare meaning to mark out or point out, from the prefix de- and the root sek- meaning to cut or divide.
designator (English): A person who, or term that, designates; An...
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- A person who, or term that, designates; An...
Ancestry of “designator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | designate | Designated; appointed; chosen; Used after a role... |
| 2 | Latin | designatus | marked, designated |
| 3 | Latin | dēsignō | — |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 5 | Latin | dē | — |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |