Where does “raptor” come from?

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

raptor (Catalan): kidnapper, abductor

Definitions

  1. kidnapper, abductor

Ancestry of “raptor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinraptorA thief, robber, plunderer; An abductor,...
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 Latin raptor →