Where does “-átor” come from?

-átor (Czech) comes from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

-átor (Czech): a suffix used to form agent nouns, similar to -er...

Definitions

  1. a suffix used to form agent nouns, similar to -er...

Ancestry of “-átor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
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 →