English
abominator
Abominator comes from Latin abōminātor ‘an abominator, one who abominates’, from ōminor ‘to forebode, presage, prognosticate, augur,…’, and ultimately from Old Latin osmen.
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEosmen
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEōmen‘omen, sign, harbinger, portent, token’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEōminor‘to forebode, presage, prognosticate, augur, predict, prophesy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabōminor‘to abominate, abhor, detest, loathe’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabōminātor‘an abominator, one who abominates’
- Englishtodayabominator
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEosmen
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEōmen‘omen, sign, harbinger, portent, token’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEōminor‘to forebode, presage, prognosticate, augur, predict, prophesy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabōminor‘to abominate, abhor, detest, loathe’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabōminātor‘an abominator, one who abominates’
- Englishtodayabominator
Linked words
through Latin ōmen ‘omen, sign, harbinger, portent, token’
Today it means
noun One who abominates.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Latin osmen / abominator