Where does “requestor” come from?
Requestor comes from English request, itself from Middle English request, Old French requeste, Vulgar Latin requaesita, Latin requisita, the past participle of Latin requiro meaning to seek or demand.
requestor (English): One who, or that which, makes a request
Definitions
- One who, or that which, makes a request
Ancestry of “requestor”, step by step
requestor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English request
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | request | To ask for; To ask to do something; Act of... |
| 2 | Middle English | request | A request or petition; a pleading or asking; What... |
| 3 | Old French | requeste | request; demand |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | requaesita | — |
| 5 | Latin | requīsīta | — |
| 6 | Latin | requīrō | to look after, seek or search for; seek to know, ask or inquire after |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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 | — |