exhibitor
/ɪɡˈzɪbətə/ig-ZIH-buh-tur
/ɪɡˈzɪbətɚ/ig-ZIH-buh-tur
Meaningone who exhibits
Common meaning: someone who shows work at an exhibition
- exout
- hibitto have, hold; to keepLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 833 · scan
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
‘out’ + ‘to have, hold’ → exhibitor
Journey through time
- Latinexhibere‘to hold forth’source
- Englishexhibit‘to show in public’
- Englishformed in English from exhibitexhibitor‘someone who shows work at an exhibition’ · 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 exhibit + -or.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EXHIBIT, p.199 · scan
Roots
- habeō, habuī, habitum Latin “to have, hold; to keep”
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