English
indagator
Indagator comes from Latin indāgātor ‘investigator’, and goes back to indagō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEindagō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindāgātor‘investigator’
- Englishearliest quotation 1661indagator
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEindagō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindāgātor‘investigator’
- Englishearliest quotation 1661indagator
Earliest quotation: 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist: “For that, being the number of the Elements, Principles,…”
Every English word from Latin indagō
Today it means
noun An investigator.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin indagō / indagator