English
Governator
Blend of governor + terminator.
A blend of governor + terminator
Ancient Greek κυβερνάω ‘to steer, pilot’
Latin gubernō ‘to pilot, steer; to govern’
Latin gubernator ‘helmsman; governor’
Old French gouvreneur
Middle English governour
English governor
Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ ‘boundary, end’
…
Proto-Italic *term(e)nos ‘boundary stone’
Latin terminus ‘bound, limit’
Latin terminō ‘to mark off, set bounds to’
Latin terminator ‘he who sets bounds’
English terminator
The story
In his acting career, Schwarzenegger played a "Terminator" robot in the Terminator film series.
Today it means
name Nickname for Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor of California.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Governator