Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nominator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables: nom-i-na-tor
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who nominates, the enactor of a nomination.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen 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 -ō Latin nōminō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin nōminātorbor. English nominator Borrowed from Latin nōminātor. By surface analysis, nominate + -or.

Inflected Forms

nominators (plural)

Derived Forms

nominatrix

Questions

What does nominator mean?: One who nominates, the enactor of a nomination.
Where does nominator come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen 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 -ō Latin nōminō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin nōminātorbor. English nominator Borrowed from Latin nōminātor. By surface analysis, nominate + -or.

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