popularizer en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *poplos Old Latin populus Latin populus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin populārislbor. Old French populairebor. ▲ Latin populārisbor. Middle English populer English popular Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English popularize Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English popularizer From popularize + -er.
Meanings
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One who popularizes something.
But the real popularizer of -gate was William Safire, Nixon’s former speechwriter.
2022 May 26, Roger J. Kreuz, “How ‘gate’ became the syllable of scandal”, in The Conversation, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2022:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| popularizers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| populariser | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
fr vulgarisateur (one who popularizes something) · cs popularizátor (one who popularizes something) · es popularizador (one who popularizes something) · pl popularyzator (one who popularizes something)