3 ms·Because functor is kinda-sorta a portmanteau of function object and people wanted to sound clever, I guess.by sid0 16y agoBecause functor is kinda-sorta a portmanteau of function object and people wanted to sound clever, I guess.dagw 16y agoI always thought it was 'FUNCTion operatOR".mahmud 16y agoIn C++ it's customary to call a constructor "ctor"; they probably thought "function constructor, riight, functor".