English
adorator
Adorator comes from French adorateur ‘worshipper’, from Latin adōrō ‘to speak to, accost, address’, and ultimately from ōrō ‘to orate, deliver a speech publicly’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEōrō‘to orate, deliver a speech publicly’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadōrō‘to speak to, accost, address’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadōrātor‘worshiper / worshipper’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600adorateur
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘worshipper’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1630adorator
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEōrō‘to orate, deliver a speech publicly’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadōrō‘to speak to, accost, address’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadōrātor‘worshiper / worshipper’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600adorateur
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘worshipper’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1630adorator
Earliest quotation: c. 1630, I. B. C., A Looking Glasse for Nevv Reformers. Ansvvering Paul Rainald: “[I]f vve hold & proue that ther is no…”
Equivalent to adore + -ator
Latin adōrō ‘to pray to’
Old French adorer ‘to praise (usually God)’
Middle English *adoren
English adore
Linked words
through Latin ōrō ‘to orate, deliver a speech publicly’
prose, oracle, inexorable, oration, 11 more
through Latin adōrō ‘to speak to, accost, address’
Today it means
noun Synonym of adorer.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ōrō / adorator