educator
/ˈedʒəˌkeɪtə/EH-juh-kay-tur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈɛdʒəˌkeɪtɚ/EH-juh-kay-tur
Meaningone who educates
Common meaning: a teacher
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- eout
- ducto lead or draw alongLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 615 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
‘out’ + ‘to lead or draw along’ → educator
Journey through time
- Latindūcō, dūxī, ductum‘to lead or draw along’
- Englisheducate‘to teach and bring up’
- Englishformed in English from educateeducator‘a teacher’ · today
Sources & notes
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 educate + -or.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EDUCATE, p.185 · scan
Roots
- dūcō, dūxī, ductum Latin “to lead or draw along”
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