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Where does “Stentor” come from?

Stentor (English) comes from Latin Stentor, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ, from Ancient Greek -τωρ, from Proto-Hellenic *-tōr.

Ancestry of “Stentor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinStentor—
2Ancient GreekΣτέντωρ—
3Ancient Greek-τωρUsed to form agent nouns
4Proto-Hellenic*-tōr—

Words derived from “Stentor”

  • stentorian
  • stentorophonic
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