"mutilator" meaning in English

See mutilator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: mutilators [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English mutilate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English mutilator From mutilate + -or. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|mutilate|-or&lt;id:-ator&gt;|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English mutilate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English mutilator [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tōr", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tor", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ātor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-eor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-our", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "itc-pro:*-tōr<id:agent nouns>", "id" : "agent nouns" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tor", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-or", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mutilator", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="mutilator"> From mutilate + -or., {{ety|en|:af|mutilate|-or&lt;id:-ator&gt;|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English mutilate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English mutilator From mutilate + -or. Head templates: {{en-noun}} mutilator (plural mutilators)
  1. Agent noun of mutilate; one who mutilates. Tags: agent, form-of Form of: mutilate (extra: one who mutilates) Derived forms: male genital mutilator

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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