repertor

The story

1. Middle French · derived fromrepertour“inventor, discoverer”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*per-“to bring forth”
3. Latin · borrowed fromrepertor
4. English todayrepertor

From Latin repertor, from repertus (“found”), from reperīre (“to find”), from re- (“again, back”) + parere (“to bear, to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”), + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”). Influenced by Middle French repertour (“inventor, discoverer”). Cognate with repertible, repertitious.

Words from the same roots