Etymology

detector

D2E1T1E1C3T1O1R1

Today it means: A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning. Full definition →

Latin dētēctor
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromdētēctor
  2. English todaydetector

Borrowed from Latin dētēctor. Equals detect + -or (agent noun forming suffix).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.