Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contemplator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-tem-pla-tor
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who contemplates.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin templum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin contemplor Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin contemplātorder. Middle English contemplatoure English contemplator Inherited from Middle English contemplatoure. By surface analysis, contemplate + -or.

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Questions

What does contemplator mean?
One who contemplates.
Where does contemplator come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin templum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin contemplor Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin contemplātorder. Middle English contemplatoure English contemplator Inherited from Middle English contemplatoure. By surface analysis, contemplate + -or.

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