noun
Meaning 1
One who contemplates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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contemplator
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History
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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Translations
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- French: contemplateur — one who contemplates