"predicator" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: predicators [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English predicate Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -torlbor. English -or English predicator From predicate + -or. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|predicate|-or<id:-ator>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English predicate Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -torlbor. English -or English predicator [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-eor", "status" : "missing", "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" : [ { "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" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tor", "status" : "ok", "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" : "predicator", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="predicator"> From predicate + -or., {{ety|en|:af|predicate|-or<id:-ator>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English predicate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English predicator From predicate + -or. Head templates: {{en-noun}} predicator (plural predicators)
  1. That which predicates; that designates a property or relationship Related terms: predicatory

Inflected forms

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    ],
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      "-eor",
      "-eor#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "-our",
      "-our#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "*-tōr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tōr#Proto-Indo-European:_agent"
    ],
    [
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-tōr#Proto-Italic:_agent_nouns"
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    [
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    ],
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    ],
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      "predicate",
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      "-eor",
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    ],
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      "-our",
      "-our#Middle_English"
    ],
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      "*-tōr",
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      "-tor",
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        "That which predicates; that designates a property or relationship"
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    }
  ],
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}

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