tergiversator.
avoider, delayer, postponer, decliner
Meaning & usage
avoider, delayer, postponer, decliner
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin tergum Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-etor Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Latin vertō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin versō Latin versor Latin tergiversor Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin tergiversātor From tergiversor (“to delay, to evade”) + -tor (“-er: forming agent nouns”).
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