Etymology

negotiator

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Today it means: One who negotiates. Full definition →

Latin negōtiātor
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromnegōtiātor“merchant, banker”
  2. English todaynegotiator

Borrowed from Latin negōtiātor (“merchant, banker”), equivalent to negotiate + -or.

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