英文词源
- operator (n.)
- 1590s, "one who performs mechanical or surgical operations," agent noun from operate (v.) or from Late Latin operator. Meaning "one who carries on business shrewdly" is from 1828. Specific sense of "one who works a telephone switchboard" (1884) grew out of earlier meaning "one who works a telegraph" (1847).
中文词源
词根词缀： -oper-工作 + -ator名词词尾
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：operator 词源，operator 含义。
来自operate,运作，操作。
