procrastinator

English

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pér
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *pró
Proto-Indo-European *pro-
Proto-Italic *pro-
Latin prō-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-?
Proto-Italic *krās
Latin crās
Proto-Indo-European *ten-
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-tn̥nós
Proto-Italic *-tenos
Latin -tinus
Latin crāstinus
Latin prōcrāstinō
English procrastinate
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 procrastinator

    From procrastinate + -or.

    Noun

    procrastinator (plural procrastinators)

    1. One who procrastinates; one who delays working on things.
      Live a procrastinator, likely die a procrastinator.

    Etymology 2

    from Spanish Procratalamacion (“midnight snack”) and Old Norse Astinatar (“puckered cheeks”)

    Noun

    procrastinator (plural procrastinators)

    1. One who sits on a sandwich in the dark
    Translations

    Latin

    Verb

    prōcrāstinātor

    1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of prōcrāstinō

    References

    • “procrastinator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • procrastinator in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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