English
explorator
Explorator comes from Latin explōrātor ‘an explorer’, and goes back to plorō ‘to shout, to cry’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplorōas plōrāre‘to shout, to cry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexplōrō‘to explore, to spy upon, to test’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexplōrātor‘an explorer’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600explorateur
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500exploratour‘scout or spy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1616explorator
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplorōas plōrāre‘to shout, to cry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexplōrō‘to explore, to spy upon, to test’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexplōrātor‘an explorer’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600explorateur
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500exploratour‘scout or spy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1616explorator
Earliest quotation: 1616, T. G. sometimes attributed to Thomas Gai, Inuections: “Thus did the explorators of the land of Canaan…”
Linked words
through Latin plorō ‘to shout, to cry’
Today it means
noun Synonym of explorer.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin plorō / explorator