-ator
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- One that acts in a specified manner:
做…动作的人，起…作用的物：以特定方式行为的人或某物：
radiator.
有辐射性的东西
语源
- Latin -ātor
拉丁语 -ātor - -ā- [stem vowel of verbs in] -āre
-ā- [ 动词中元音词干] 后缀，表示“动作涉及的对象”，“对…起作用者” - -tor [agent n. suff.] later reanalyzed as -ātus [-ate] -or [-or]
-tor [名词后缀] 后来重新分析为 -ātus [后缀，表示“成为…”，“用…形成”] -or [后缀，表示“…者”，“…物”，“性质”]
-ator
suffix forming nouns
a person or thing that performs a certain action
⇒
agitator
⇒
escalator
⇒
radiator
Origin
from Latin -ātor; see -ate1 -or1-ator
Word Origin
1
a combination of -ate1. and -or2. that forms nouns corresponding to verbs ending in -ate1, ,denoting a human agent (agitator; mediator; adjudicator) or nonhuman entity, especially a machine (incubator; regulator; vibrator) performing the function named by the verb.
Compare -tor, -or2.
Origin
< Latin -ātor, orig. not a suffix, but the termination of nouns formed with -tor -tor from verbs whose stems ended in -ā-; in English, Latin loanwords ending in -ātor have been reanalyzed as derivatives of the past participles in -tus (see -ate1) and a suffix -or (see -or2), and many new English nouns derived from English verbs based on Latin past participles (e.g., vibrator from vibrate)
Related Words
- -atory
- -eur
- aleatory
- aviator
- barber
- barrator
-ator
noun suffix
totalizator
noun suffix
ETYMOLOGY Latin -ator, from -a-, stem vowel of 1st conjunction + -tor, agent suffix
: one that doestotalizator
-ator
suffix
- forming agent nouns such as agitator［构成施动者名词, 如agitator］。
- ■ used in names of implements, machines, etc.［用于工具或机器的名称中］：
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escalator.
词源
from Latin， or sometimes representing French -ateur.
☞ -ator, -etor
ORIGIN: from or after (French -ateur , -atour †, from) Latin -ator suffix, from pa. ppl stems in -at- : see -or
-a·tor
\|ād.ə(r), |ātə(r) sometimes |āˌtȯ(ə)r or -ˌtȯ(ə)\ noun suffix
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English -atour, from Old French & Latin; Old French -atour, -ator, from Latin -ator, from -atus -ate + -or
: one that does
< calorizator >
< totalizator >
< calorizator >
< totalizator >
-ator
Suffix
- used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -ate
Etymology
From Latin -tor.
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -ator
Related terms
External links
后缀：-ator [名词后缀]
表示做...工作的人或物
designator 指定者
comparator 比较器
conservator 保护者
condensator 凝结器
continuator 继续者
computator 计算机
pacificator 平定者
trafficator （汽车的）方向指示器
valuator 评价者
commentator 评论者
excavator 挖掘者
illuminator 照明器
词根词缀：-ator
【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix that forms masculine nouns from verbs
【同源单词】arbitrator, astrogator, auscultator, aviator, dictator, emancipator