Where does “kernreactor” come from?
kernreactor (Dutch) comes from Dutch reactor, from English reactor, from English ‐or, from Middle English -our, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
kernreactor (Dutch): nuclear reactor
Ancestry of “kernreactor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | reactor | atomic reactor; chemical reactor |
| 2 | English | reactor | A person who responds to a suggestion,... |
| 3 | English | ‐or | — |
| 4 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 5 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 6 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |