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Where does “experimenter” come from?

Experimenter comes from English experiment, derived from Latin experimentum (a trial or test), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root per- meaning to try or risk.

experimenter (English): A person who experiments

Definitions

  1. A person who experiments

Ancestry of “experimenter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexperimentA test under controlled conditions made to either...
2Old Frenchesperimentexperience
3Latinexperimentumtest, trial, experiment; experience
4LatinexperiorI attempt, I try; I test, I put to the test, I...
5Latinpariō—
6Latin-iō—
7Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “experimenter”

  • interexperimenter
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