Where does “crematorium” come from?

crematorium (Dutch) comes from New Latin crematorium, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

crematorium (Dutch): a crematorium, a crematory

Definitions

  1. a crematorium, a crematory

Ancestry of “crematorium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latincrematorium—
2Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
3Latin-tōriusory
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “crematorium”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -torium →Every word from Latin -tor →