Where does “eviscerator” come from?
eviscerator (English) comes from English ‐or, from Middle English -our, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
eviscerator (English): Someone who eviscerates, whether physically or...
Definitions
- Someone who eviscerates, whether physically or...
Ancestry of “eviscerator”, step by step
eviscerator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via English eviscerate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eviscerate | To disembowel, to remove the viscera; To destroy... |
| 2 | Latin | evisceratus | disembowelled, eviscerated |
| 3 | Latin | eviscero | to disembowel |
| 4 | Latin | viscera | nominative plural of viscus; accusative plural of... |
| 5 | Latin | viscus | Any internal organ of the body; entrails, viscera |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weys- | to raise, increase; to produce, procreate |