myEtymology.com: English etymology of lubricator

Etymology of the English word lubricator

the English word lubricator

derived from the English word lubricate

derived from the Latin word lubricare (make slippery; slip; render uncertain)

derived from the Latin word lubricus (slippery; sinuous; inconstant)

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

using the English suffix -or