demonstrator
/ˈdemənˌstɹeɪtə/DEH-muhn-stray-tur
/ˈdɛmənˌstɹeɪtɚ/DEH-muhn-stray-tur
Meaningone that points out
Common meaning: a person or thing that demonstrates
- dedown, away, off; undoing
- monstrto point out, showLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1162 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
‘down, away, off’ + ‘to point out, show’ → demonstrator
Journey through time
- Latinmōnstrō, -āre‘to point out, show’
- Middle Englishdemonstratifsource
- Englishdemonstrate‘to show clearly’
- Englishformed in English from demonstratedemonstrator‘a person or thing that demonstrates’ · 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: one that points out. It can be inferred from any of: demonstrate.
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 demonstrate + -or (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- mōnstrō, -āre Latin “to point out, show”
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