Where does “carburator” come from?
carburator (Dutch) comes from Dutch carburateur, from French carburateur, from French -ateur, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
carburator (Dutch): carburetor, carburettor
Ancestry of “carburator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | carburateur | carburetor |
| 2 | French | carburateur | carburetor |
| 3 | French | -ateur | -ator |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |