attributor

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English

Etymology

From the Latin attribūtor.

Pronunciation

Noun

attributor (plural attributors)

  1. One who attributes; an imputer.

Synonyms

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

attribuō (I assign, bestow, give, or allot) +‎ -tor (suffix forming masculine agent nouns)

Pronunciation

Noun

attribūtor m (genitive attribūtōris); third declension

  1. one who attributes, assigns, grants, or awards

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

  • English: attributor

References

  • adtrĭbūtŏr (att-) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette:64/2
  • atto-, attr- in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette:184/1