Where does “territorial” come from?
territorial (Danish) comes from French territorial, from Latin territorialis, from Latin territōrium, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
territorial (Danish): territorial
Definitions
- territorial
Ancestry of “territorial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | territorial | territorial of, relating to or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory |
| 2 | Latin | territorialis | territorial; of or pertaining to a territory |
| 3 | Latin | territōrium | territory particularly |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |