Word origin
[1750–60; ‹ LL, equiv. to L
judicā(
re) to
judge +
-tor -tor]This word is first recorded in the period 1750–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: infiltrate, permeability, railroad, swish, totem-tor is a suffix found in loanwords from Latin, forming personal agent nouns from verbsand, less commonly, from nouns. Other words that use the affix -tor include: dictator, genitor, janitor, orator, victor