Etymograph

English

amputator

From amputate + -or.

A compound of amputate + -or

Latin putus

Latin putō ‘cut back, prune’

Latin amputō ‘prune, cut away’

English amputate

Today it means

noun The person who performs, or thing that causes, an amputation.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / amputator