Where does “orator” come from?
Orator comes from Old French oratour, from Latin orator, derived from Latin orare meaning "to speak," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁.
orator (English): Someone who orates or delivers an oration; A...
Definitions
- Someone who orates or delivers an oration; A...
Ancestry of “orator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | oratour | One who advocates or petitions for another |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | oratour | — |
| 3 | Latin | ōrātor | An orator, speaker |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |