Where does “regidor” come from?

regidor (Classical Nahuatl) comes from Spanish regidor, from Spanish -dor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

regidor (Classical Nahuatl): a regidor; an alderman or councilman

Definitions

  1. a regidor; an alderman or councilman

Ancestry of “regidor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishregidorregidor
2Spanish-dorForms nouns and adjectives from verbs. The vowel...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Spanish -dor →