Where does “franctirador” come from?
franctirador (Catalan) comes from Catalan tirador, from Catalan -dor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
franctirador (Catalan): sniper
Ancestry of “franctirador”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | tirador | shooter |
| 2 | Catalan | -dor | Forms agent nouns and adjectives from verbs. The... |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |