different between amputate vs amputator

English

Etymology

From Latin amput? (“prune, cut away”). The original sense of pruning (a tree, etc.) became obsolete. The OED considers uses related to anything other than an animal limb to be figurative uses of the modern sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æmpj?te?t/

Verb

amputate (third-person singular simple present amputates, present participle amputating, simple past and past participle amputated)

1. (obsolete) To cut off, to prune. [17th–18th c.]
2. To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb. [from 17th c.]

Related terms

• amputation (noun)
• amputee (noun)

Translations

References

Esperanto

Adverb

amputate

1. present adverbial passive participle of amputi

Italian

Verb

amputate

1. second-person plural present indicative of amputare
2. second-person plural imperative of amputare
3. feminine plural of amputato

Latin

Verb

amput?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of amput?

English

Etymology

amputate +? -or

Noun

amputator (plural amputators)

1. The person who performs, or thing that causes, an amputation.

Translations

Latin

Verb

amput?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of amput?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of amput?

References

• amputator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)