negotiator
/nəˈɡəʊʃiˌeɪtə/nuh-GOH-shee-ay-tur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/nəˈɡoʊʃiˌeɪtɚ/nuh-GOH-shee-ay-tur
Meaningone who negotiates
Common meaning: a person who bargains to reach agreement
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- negnot (Latin nec)
- otileisureLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1285 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
‘not (Latin nec)’ + ‘leisure’ → negotiator
Journey through time
- Latinōtium, -ī‘leisure’
- Englishnegotiate‘to bargain toward an agreement’
- Englishformed in English from negotiatenegotiator‘a person who bargains to reach agreement’ · 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.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Formed in English from negotiate + -or.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), NEGOTIATE, p.390 · scan
Roots
- ōtium, -ī Latin “leisure”
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