Where does “pontificator” come from?
pontificator (English) comes from English pontificate, from Latin pontificatus, from Latin pontifex, from Latin pōns, from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.
pontificator (English): One who pontificates
Definitions
- One who pontificates
Ancestry of “pontificator”, step by step
pontificator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pontificate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pontificate | The status or term of office of a pontiff or... |
| 2 | Latin | pontificatus | pontificate |
| 3 | Latin | pontifex | a high priest, State minister in ancient Rome; a... |
| 4 | Latin | pōns | A bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide |
| 5 | Latin | fractus | broken, shattered, having been broken;... |
| 6 | Latin | frangere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | frangō | to break, shatter |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |
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 | — |