Etymograph

English

communicator

From communicate + -or, after Latin commūnicātor (“partner, sharer, participant”); compare Middle French communicateur (“sharer, participant”).

Formed from communicate + -or

Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to change’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s

Proto-Italic *kommoinis ‘common’

Old Latin co(m)moinis

Latin commūnis ‘common’

English communicate

Today it means

noun Someone who, or something that communicates.

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

Etymograph / communicator