English Explanatory Dictionary

repertor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A discoverer.

Word forms

repertor repertors repertour

Etymology

From Latin repertor, from repertus (“found”), from reperīre (“to find”), from re- (“again, back”) + parere (“to bear, to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”), + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”). Influenced by Middle French repertour (“inventor, discoverer”). Cognate with repertible, repertitious.

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