obfuscator

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English obfuscate

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin -ātor

Old French -eorbor.

Middle English -our

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Latin -torlbor.

English -or

English obfuscator

From obfuscate + -or.

Noun

obfuscator (plural obfuscators)

1. Agent noun of obfuscate; one who obfuscates.
2. (computing) A software program that modifies another program to make it harder to decompile or reverse-engineer.