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Where does “κουαίστωρ” come from?

κουαίστωρ (Ancient Greek) comes from Latin quaestor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

Ancestry of “κουαίστωρ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquaestorquaestor
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōr—
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →