Destinator
/ˈdɛstɪneɪtər/noun
A person or thing that destines, appoints, or determines an outcome.
Did you know?Destinator belongs to the same Latin word family as “destiny,” whose deeper history may connect with the idea of making something stand firmly or fixing it in place.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*steh₂-
“to stand or remain firm”
Classical Latin
Latin
dēstināre
“to determine, appoint, fix, or make firm”
Late Latin
Latin
dēstinātor
“one who determines or appoints”
16th–17th Century
English
destinator
“one who destines or determines an outcome”
Modern English
English
destinator
“a rare word for a person or thing that assigns or determines a destiny”