Etymograph

English

donator

Donator may come from Proto-Italic *dōnāō ‘to give, present’, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃nom ‘gift’, and ultimately from *deh₃- ‘to give’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-1‘to give’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dóh₃r̥ ~ *déh₃n̥s1uncertain
  3. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déh₃nom1‘gift’uncertain
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dōnom1‘gift, present’uncertain
  5. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dōnāō1‘to give, present’uncertain
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdōnō2as dōnātor
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500donatour2
  8. Englishtodaydonator2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin dono
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English donator

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-Wiktionary, Latin dono‘to give’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dóh₃r̥ ~ *déh₃n̥sWiktionary, Latin donouncertain
  3. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déh₃nomWiktionary, Latin dono‘gift’uncertain
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dōnomWiktionary, Latin dono‘gift, present’uncertain
  5. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dōnāōWiktionary, Latin dono‘to give, present’uncertain
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdōnōWiktionary, English donatoras dōnātor
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500donatourWiktionary, English donator
  8. EnglishtodaydonatorWiktionary, English donator

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’

add, data, die, date, addition, rent, delicious, tradition, surrender, dose, vent, render, treason, vendor, additive, dow, rendezvous, rendition, donor, antidote, anecdote, addendum, dowry, dowager, perdition, dative, endow, dower, dacha, sconce, dati, 40 more

through Latin dōnō

condone, 6 more

Today it means

noun Donor, one who donates.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “donator”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin dono. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- / donator

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