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Where does “pretranslator” come from?

pretranslator (English) comes from English translator, from Middle English translatour, from Old French translator, from Latin trānslātor, from Latin trānslātus, from Latin trānsferō, from Latin ferō, from Proto-Italic ferō — shiny, light brown.

pretranslator (English): A program or process that performs pretranslation

Definitions

  1. A program or process that performs pretranslation

Ancestry of “pretranslator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtranslatorA person who translates text, film, or other...
2Middle Englishtranslatourtranslator
3Old Frenchtranslator—
4Latintrānslātor—
5Latintrānslātus—
6Latintrānsferō—
7Latinferō—
8Proto-Italicferōcarry, bear
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéretito be carrying
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- →