Where does “meditator” come from?
Meditator comes from Latin meditator, derived from Latin meditari meaning to think or reflect, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European med- meaning to measure or consider.
meditator (English): One who meditates
Definitions
- One who meditates
Ancestry of “meditator”, step by step
meditator 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 meditate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meditate | To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon... |
| 2 | Latin | meditatus | meditated; intentional, premeditated |
| 3 | Latin | meditor | I think or reflect upon, consider, contemplate,... |
| 4 | Latin | medeor | I heal, cure, remedy, am good for or against a... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | medēōr | heal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |