Etymograph

English

insertor

From insert + -or.

Formed from insert + -or

Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to bind, put together, to line up’

Proto-Indo-European *séreti

Proto-Italic *serō

Latin serō ‘join, bind together, connect, entwine,…’

Latin insertus ‘inserted, introduced’

English insert

Today it means

noun One who or that which inserts.

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

Etymograph / insertor