Where does “intimidator” come from?
intimidator (English) comes from English intimidate, from Latin intimidatus, from Latin intimidō, from Latin timidus, from Latin timeō, from Latin Tīmaeus, from Ancient Greek Τῑ́μαιος, from Ancient Greek τῑμάω — to pay honor to; to hold in honor; to treat honorably; to honor; to revere.
intimidator (English): One who intimidates
Definitions
- One who intimidates
Ancestry of “intimidator”, step by step
intimidator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English intimidate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | intimidate | To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or... |
| 2 | Latin | intimidatus | — |
| 3 | Latin | intimidō | to intimidate, render timid, terrify |
| 4 | Latin | timidus | fearful, afraid, apprehensive, timid; cowardly |
| 5 | Latin | timeō | to fear, be afraid of, apprehend, be apprehensive of |
| 6 | Latin | Tīmaeus | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Τῑ́μαιος | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τῑμάω | to pay honor to; to hold in honor; to treat honorably; to honor; to revere |
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 | — |