Where does “inhibitor” come from?
Inhibitor comes from Latin inhibitor, derived from Latin inhibitus, the past participle of Latin inhibeo meaning to restrain, composed of Latin in and Latin habeo meaning to have.
inhibitor (English): One who or that which inhibits; Any substance...
Definitions
- One who or that which inhibits; Any substance...
Ancestry of “inhibitor”, step by step
inhibitor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inhibit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inhibit | To hold in or hold back; to keep in check;... |
| 2 | Latin | inhibitus | restrained, inhibited |
| 3 | Latin | inhibeō | to lay hold of, keep back, restrain, curb, check, stop |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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 | — |