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DictionaryRoot: -tor
Latin

-tor

a person or thing that acts

Forms

  • -tor
  • -sor — An altered form in some Latin formations.

Origin

An inherited Latin ending for the performer of an action, with relatives in other Indo-European languages.

Note

Its English descendants name devices and forces as well as people.

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An older woman deliberately copies the playful pose of a woman beside her, watching her model closely while matching one raised hand and the other hand on her hip.
noun

imitator

IM-ih-tay-ter/ˈɪmɪteɪtər/

A person or thing that copies another's behavior, style, or work.

Etymology
imitaLatinto copy, imitate
+torLatina person or thing that acts

The verb means copying or patterning oneself after a model; the agent ending names the person doing so. That model may supply actions, style, or work to reproduce.

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