investigador
/imbestiɡaˈdoɾ/ · B1 · adj
researcher, investigator
🔍👣 Latin in + vestigium (footprint) + -dor (doer): one who follows tracks
A near twin of English investigator. Latin investigare meant to trace footprints (vestigium, the root of vestige). Spanish -dor marks the doer, as in trabajador. The v is said like b: im-bes-ti-ga-DOR.