Where does “orator” come from?
orator (Old French) comes from Latin oratorium, from Latin oratorius, from Latin orator, from Latin orare, from Latin oro, from Latin os, from Proto-Italic ōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ — bone.
Ancestry of “orator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | oratorium | nominative neuter singular of ōrātōrius;... |
| 2 | Latin | oratorius | oratorical |
| 3 | Latin | orator | an orator, speaker; a spokesman, spokesperson; an... |
| 4 | Latin | orare | present active infinitive of ōrō; second-person... |
| 5 | Latin | oro | I orate, deliver a speech; I plead, beg; I pray,... |
| 6 | Latin | os | mouth; face, appearance, head; speech |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ōs | mouth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ésth₁ | bone |