Etymology

creator

cre·a·tor
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Today it means: Something or someone which creates or makes something. Full definition →

Middle English creatour ← Old French creator ← Latin creātor
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creator · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromcreātor
  2. Old French · derived fromcreator
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcreatour
  4. English todaycreator

From Middle English creatour, from Old French creator, creatur, creatour, from Latin creātor, agent noun from perfect passive participle creātus (“created”), from verb creō (“to create”) + agent suffix -or. Mostly displaced native Old English wyrhta (modern English wright).

Creator · proper noun2

From a proprialization of the common noun, creator.

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