Etymology

contemplator

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Today it means: One who contemplates. Full definition →

Middle English contemplatoure ← Latin contemplātor ← Proto-Italic *kom-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latintemplum
  7. Latincontemplor
  8. Latincontemplātor
  9. Middle Englishcontemplatoure
  10. English todaycontemplator

Inherited from Middle English contemplatoure. By surface analysis, contemplate + -or.

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