Where does “educator” come from?
Educator comes from Latin educātor, from the agent noun suffix Latin -tor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s, which formed action nouns from verbal roots.
educator (English): A person distinguished for his/her educational...
Definitions
- A person distinguished for his/her educational...
Ancestry of “educator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | educator | educator, tutor; foster father; second-person... |
| 2 | Latin | ēducō | to lead, draw or take out, forth or away |
| 3 | Latin | dux | leader, head; commander, general, captain;... |
| 4 | Latin | dūcō | to lead, guide, conduct, lead away |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | doukō | lead |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | déwketi | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |