English
examinator
Examinator comes from Latin exāminō ‘to examine’, and goes back to agō ‘to drive’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō‘to drive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexāmen‘a consideration, an examining’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexāminōas examinator‘to examine’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650examinator
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō‘to drive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexāmen‘a consideration, an examining’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexāminōas examinator‘to examine’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650examinator
Earliest quotation: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […]: “perswade a serious examinator”.
Linked words
through Latin agō ‘to drive’
act, action, active, agency, activity, actual, agent, agenda, actor, activate, ambiguous, agile, agility, squat, assay, enact, ambiguity, agitation, radium, cogent, actuator, actuation, exigent, redact, actuate, inexact, 98 more
Today it means
noun An examiner.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin agō / examinator