committer

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /kəˈmɪtɚ/ UK /kəˈmɪtə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
one who commits something, such as code changes or an act

The repository log named her as the committer of the patch.

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Synonyms

1 noun · one who commits something,... perpetrator doer agent

Word family

Related forms commit commitment committal committee

Etymology

From commit + -er, from Latin committere ('to bring together, entrust, commit'), from com- ('together') + mittere ('to send, put').

committere Latin mittere Latin

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# committer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kəˈmɪtɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /kəˈmɪtə/

## Meanings
1. one who commits something, such as code changes or an act

## Examples
- The repository log named her as the committer of the patch.

## Synonyms
- perpetrator
- doer
- agent

## Related Forms
- commit
- commitment
- committal
- committee

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: committere
- Root: mittere - to send

## Etymology
From commit + -er, from Latin committere ('to bring together, entrust, commit'), from com- ('together') + mittere ('to send, put').

## AI Etymology
Committer comes from commit + -er, from Latin committere ('to bring together, entrust, commit'), from com- ('together') + mittere ('to send, put'). The historical trail runs through committere in Latin and mittere in Latin. Morphologically, committer is transparent: it draws on commit + -er, from Latin committere ('to bring together, entrust, commit'), from com- ('together') + mittere ('to send, put'). Used as a noun, committer now means "one who commits something, such as code changes or an act", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as commit, commitment, committal, and committee. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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