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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1290|origins=la creo}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kɹiːˈeɪ̯təː/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English creatour, [[bor|xno|creatour]], Old French [[m|fro|creator]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) from [[la|creātor|t=creator, author, founder]], from [[m|la|creo|alt=creāre|t=to create]] (see [[create]]).^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ God as the creator of the universe: about 1290 in the OED, about 1300 in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Old English rendered it scieppend, from scieppan, to shape.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) It was not generally capitalized until the King James Bible.^(Etymonline) One who creates or originates anything is from 1579, the 1570s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The creator of a dramatic role is from 1872, and the designer of a costume from 1901.^(OED 1989) The feminine creatress is from the 1580s, in Spenser.^(Etymonline) A ''content creator'' makes material for websites and social media.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1290 – God the Creator.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1579 – one who creates.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1580s – creatress.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1872 – the creator of a role.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person or thing that brings something into existence; an [[originator]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''the Creator'': [[God]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[creatorship]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[create]]

+ * [[creation]]

+ * [[creative]]

+ * [[creature]]

+ * [[procreate]]

+ * [[recreate]]

+ * [[recreation]]

+ * [[crescent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}