Re: The one already done
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 3, 2001, 4:07 |
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Eric Christopherson scripsit:
> So there were already some -or words in English? How about some examples?
Ray has mentioned terror and horror, and you mention dictator (which is a
true Latin word, BTW; it was an emergency office of state under the
Roman Republic) yourself.
Here are more words that had -or before Webster, or so I believe
(some on the list may not belong there):
abstractor consignor exterior minor sculptor
acceptor conspirator extractor mirror sector
actor constrictor factor monitor selector
advisor constructor functor motor senior
aggressor contractor gladiator multiplexor senor
alligator contributor governor nor sensor
ambassador conveyor grantor objector sensorimotor
ancestor corrector guarantor oppressor servitor
anchor corridor hector pastor solicitor
anterior cosponsor implementor phosphor spectator
assessor counselor inceptor poor sponsor
auditor creditor indoor possessor stator
author cursor inductor posterior stupor
bachelor debtor inferior postprocessor successor
benefactor declarator inheritor precursor suitor
bettor decor inhibitor predecessor suppressor
cantor defector inquisitor predictor surveyor
capacitor deflector inspector preemptor survivor
captor depositor instructor prior suspensor
castor depressor interceptor processor tailor
censor descriptor interior proctor tenor
chancellor destructor intervenor professor tensor
chiropractor detector inventor progenitor thermistor
coadjutor detractor investor projector torpor
coauthor director janitor proprietor tractor
coeditor distributor junctor prosecutor traitor
cofactor divisor junior prospector transferor
collector doctor juror protector transistor
combinator donor lessor purveyor tremor
commentator door licensor razor troubador
comparator editor liquor receptor tutor
competitor ejector locomotor rector ulterior
compositor elector locutor redactor varistor
compressor emperor major reflector vector
conductor error malefactor resistor vendor
confessor excelsior manor respirator victor
connector executor mayor rotor visitor
conqueror exhibitor mentor sailor visor
conquistador expositor metaphor scissor warrior
conservator extensor meteor
> words like <payor> (a party
> who pays, found e.g. in contracts) really bug me. The other day I even saw
> the word <mortgagor>! I'm not sure if the second <g> is soft or not.
It is, and I have seen the spelling "mortgageor".
Legalese uses correlative pairs in "-or" (never "-our") and "-ee" to
represent the two sides of a legal relationship. These words are common
to both sides of the Sundering Sea.
--
John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore
--Douglas Hofstadter
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