English
prostitutor
From prostitute + -or.
Formed from prostitute + -or
Proto-Italic *statuō ‘to erect, set up’
Latin statuō ‘to put up (something)’
Latin prōstituō ‘to prostitute’
Latin prōstitūtus ‘prostituted’
English prostitute
Today it means
noun A person who prostitutes him- or herself or another person.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “prostitutor”. 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 / prostitutor