Etymograph

English

legator

Legator comes from Latin lēgātor ‘testator’, and goes back to lēgō ‘leave or bequeath as a legacy’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElēgō1‘leave or bequeath as a legacy’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElēgātor2‘testator’
  3. Englishtodaylegator2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin legator
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English legator

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElēgōWiktionary, Latin legator‘leave or bequeath as a legacy’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElēgātorWiktionary, English legator‘testator’
  3. EnglishtodaylegatorWiktionary, English legator

Linked words

through Latin lēgō ‘leave or bequeath as a legacy’

election, college, collection, elite, lesson, select, collective, eligible, legend, lecture, colleague, elect, coil, legacy, negligence, legion, collector, elegant, delegation, diligent, negligent, negligible, delegate, cull, collegiate, legible, lectern, ineligibility, collegium, relegate, lector, 24 more

Today it means

noun A testator.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “legator”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin legator. 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 / Latin lēgō / legator

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