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Where does “Plagiator” come from?

Plagiator (German) comes from Latin plagiator, from Latin plagio, from Latin plagium, from Ancient Greek πλάγιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Plagiator (German): plagiarist

Definitions

  1. plagiarist

Ancestry of “Plagiator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplagiatorsecond/third-person singular future passive...
2LatinplagioI steal , kidnap
3Latinplagiummanstealing, kidnapping, the selling of freemen...
4Ancient Greekπλάγιοςplaced sideways, slanting, aslant
5Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “Plagiator”

  • плагиатор
  • Plagiatorin
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