Where does “operatzaile” come from?

operatzaile (Basque) comes from Basque operatu, from Basque -tu, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

operatzaile (Basque): operator one who operates a machine

Definitions

  1. operator one who operates a machine

Ancestry of “operatzaile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basqueoperatuto act, to operate
2Basque-tuThe most common verb-forming suffix
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Basque -tu →