myEtymology.com: English etymology of dilator

Etymology of the English word dilator

the English word dilator

derived from the English word dilate

derived from the Old French word dilater

derived from the Latin word dilatare (exaggerate, magnify; fill out; widen, broaden, expand)

derived from the Vulgar Latin word latus (side; side; flank; wide, broad; spacious)

derived from the Latin word ferre (to carry; to bear; bring, bear; tell)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bher-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *telə-

derived from the New Latin word di-

derived from the Greek word di-, δι-, δί-

derived from the Greek word dis, δίς (double; twice)

using the Latin prefix dis-

derived from the French word dilate