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

  1. One who meditates

Ancestry of “meditator”, step by step

meditator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ‐or

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English‐orCreates 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
2Middle English-our
3Old French-eorAlternative form of -or
4Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via English meditate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmeditateTo contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon...
2Latinmeditatusmeditated; intentional, premeditated
3LatinmeditorI think or reflect upon, consider, contemplate,...
4LatinmedeorI heal, cure, remedy, am good for or against a...
5Proto-Italicmedēōrheal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “meditator

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Middle English -our
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