English
improvisator
From improvise + -ator, after French improvisateur and Italian improvvisatore.
Formed from improvise + -ator
Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
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Latin vīsus ‘having been seen’
Latin prōvīsus ‘foreseen’
Latin improvisus ‘unforeseen, unexpected’
French improviser ‘to improvise’
English improvise
Today it means
noun Someone who improvises; improviser.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / improvisator