Where does “picador” come from?

picador (Catalan) comes from Catalan -dor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

picador (Catalan): biting, stinging

Definitions

  1. biting, stinging

Ancestry of “picador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalan-dorForms agent nouns and adjectives from verbs. The...
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Catalan -dor →