Where does “perlustrator” come from?
perlustrator (English) comes from English perlustrate, from Latin perlustratus, from Latin perlustro, from Latin lūstrō, from Latin lūstrum, from Old Latin loustrom, from Proto-Indo-European lewkstrom, from Proto-Indo-European lewk- — bright; to shine; to see.
perlustrator (English): One who perlustrates
Definitions
- One who perlustrates
Ancestry of “perlustrator”, step by step
perlustrator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English perlustrate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | perlustrate | To travel through an area in examination or... |
| 2 | Latin | perlustratus | — |
| 3 | Latin | perlustro | to go over, wander, traverse |
| 4 | Latin | lūstrō | to purify by means of a propitiatory sacrifice |
| 5 | Latin | lūstrum | bog, morass, place where boars and swine wallow |
| 6 | Old Latin | loustrom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewkstrom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |
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 | — |