English
laudator
Laudator comes from Latin laudō ‘to praise, laud, extol’, and goes back to laus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaus‘praise, glory, repute’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElaudō‘to praise, laud, extol’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElaudator
- Englishearliest quotation 1992same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaus‘praise, glory, repute’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElaudō‘to praise, laud, extol’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElaudator
- Englishearliest quotation 1992same form
Earliest quotation: 1992, Historia: “As in most speeches, exaggeration and embellishment were standard…”
Linked words
through Latin laus ‘praise, glory, repute’
Today it means
noun One who lauds.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin laus / laudator