originator

noun
/əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪtə/UK/əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪtɚ/CA/ɔˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪtɚ/US

Etymology

From originate + -or.

  1. borrowed from orīginātus
  2. suffixed as originator — “originate + or

Definitions

  1. Someone who originates, creates or founds something.

    • Another perfume was known as nicerotiana, named after its originator Nicerotas.
    • These relay stations are actually special-purpose email servers. They are used to relay spam from the spam's originator so that the originator cannot be traced.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for originator. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA