Etymograph

English

incarcerator

From incarcerate + -or.

A compound of incarcerate + -or

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’

Latin carcer ‘prison’

Medieval Latin incarcerō ‘to imprison’

Medieval Latin incarcerātus ‘incarcerated’

English incarcerate

Today it means

noun A person who incarcerates.

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

Etymograph / incarcerator