accumulator
Meaninga person or thing that accumulates
Common meaning: a person or thing that accumulates (inferred)
- acto, towards
- cumula heapLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 496 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
‘to, towards’ + ‘a heap’ → accumulator
Journey through time
- Latincumulus, -ī‘a heap’
- Englishaccumulate‘to pile up over time’
- Englishformed in English from accumulateaccumulator‘a person or thing that accumulates (inferred)’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: a person or thing that accumulates. It can be inferred from any of: accumulate.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from accumulate + -or (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- cumulus, -ī Latin “a heap”
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