Where does “equivocator” come from?
equivocator (English) comes from English equivocate, from Latin aequivocatus, from Latin aequivoco, from Latin aequivocus, from Latin -vocus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
equivocator (English): Agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates
Definitions
- Agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates
Ancestry of “equivocator”, step by step
equivocator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English equivocate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | equivocate | To use words of equivocal or doubtful... |
| 2 | Latin | aequivocatus | having been called or named |
| 3 | Latin | aequivoco | I call or name in the same way; dative masculine... |
| 4 | Latin | aequivocus | equivocal, ambiguous |
| 5 | Latin | -vocus | Forms adjectives that denote meaning |
| 6 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
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 | — |