urinator

urinator · noun¹

From urinate + -or (suffix forming an agent noun, indicating a person who does something).

urinator · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂wer-“to moisten; to flow”
2. Latin · borrowed fromūrīnātor“diver”
3. English todayurinator

From Latin ūrīnātor (“diver”), from ūrīnārī + -tor (suffix forming a (masculine) agent noun). Ūrīnārī is the present active infinitive of ūrīnor (“to plunge under water, dive”), possibly from ūrīna (“urine; water (?)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“to moisten; to flow”).

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