-latercomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. artolater n.

Forms: 1600s 1800s– -later, 1800s– -lator (nonstandard).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: idolater n.

Etymology: < -later (in idolater n.). Compare -olater comb. form.Formations in English are found from the 17th cent., earliest in artolater n. and iconolater n., although early borrowings and adaptations immediately from similar formations in French are also attested (as e.g. gastrolater n.). Formations containing this element are more frequent from the early 19th cent., in e.g. pyrolater n., physiolater n., and are often formed on the model of earlier nouns in -latry comb. form. Combines chiefly with elements ultimately of Greek origin, ending in a vowel.

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Used to form nouns with the sense ‘a worshipper of, or a person with excessive reverence for, what is denoted by the first element’. Cf. -latrist comb. form, -latry comb. form.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	-later
释义	-latercomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. artolater n. Forms: 1600s 1800s– -later, 1800s– -lator (nonstandard). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: idolater n. Etymology: < -later (in idolater n.). Compare -olater comb. form.Formations in English are found from the 17th cent., earliest in artolater n. and iconolater n., although early borrowings and adaptations immediately from similar formations in French are also attested (as e.g. gastrolater n.). Formations containing this element are more frequent from the early 19th cent., in e.g. pyrolater n., physiolater n., and are often formed on the model of earlier nouns in -latry comb. form. Combines chiefly with elements ultimately of Greek origin, ending in a vowel. Categories » Used to form nouns with the sense ‘a worshipper of, or a person with excessive reverence for, what is denoted by the first element’. Cf. -latrist comb. form, -latry comb. form. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < comb. form
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