commentator

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day

2. 2
   noun

   an expert who observes and comments on something

3. 3
   noun

   A person who makes a commentary, particularly

4. 4
   noun

   Alternative letter-case form of commentator (medieval legal scholar)

Etymology

In form, from Middle English commentator, from Latin commentātor (“author, inventor, interpreter, jailer”), from commentātus + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from commentāri (“to ponder, to study, to write upon”), from comminīscor (“to think over, to invent”) + -tārī (“to frequently be ~ed”). In meaning, influenced by comment and commentary. By surface analysis, comment + -ator.