English
emendator
Emendator comes from Latin ēmendātor ‘corrector, amender’, from mendum ‘fault’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mend- ‘foal, small horse’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mend-‘foal, small horse’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmendum‘fault’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmendō‘to free from faults, correct, improve, remedy, amend, revise, cure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmendātor‘corrector, amender’
- Englishtodayemendator
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mend-‘foal, small horse’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmendum‘fault’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmendō‘to free from faults, correct, improve, remedy, amend, revise, cure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmendātor‘corrector, amender’
- Englishtodayemendator
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mend- ‘foal, small horse’
amendment, mendicant, mendacity, mendacious, amendatory, 9 more
through Latin ēmendō ‘to free from faults, correct, improve, remedy,…’
Today it means
noun Someone who emends.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mend- / emendator