Where does “rotator” come from?
Rotator comes from English rotate, from Latin rotatus, from Latin roto, from Latin rota meaning wheel, from Proto-Indo-European ret-, from Proto-Indo-European Hróth₂-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂-.
rotator (English): One who or that which rotates; A muscle by which...
Definitions
- One who or that which rotates; A muscle by which...
Ancestry of “rotator”, step by step
rotator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via English rotate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rotate | To spin, turn, or revolve; To advance through a... |
| 2 | Latin | rotātus | revolved |
| 3 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 4 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |