Assentor

/əˈsentər/ noun

Definition

One who assents or agrees; a person expressing approval or consent to something.

Etymology

From Latin 'assentitor' (one who agrees), formed from 'assentire' plus the agent suffix '-tor'. This was the classical Latin term before English adopted the '-er' suffix variant.

Kelly Says

Latin had both '-tor' and '-er' agent suffixes, and English inherited the '-er' version, yet legal and ecclesiastical documents kept using '-tor' forms like 'assentor' to sound more authoritative and formal—suffix choice was a way of dressing language up.

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