Where does “Territorian” come from?
Territorian (English) comes from English territory, from Latin territorium, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
Territorian (English): An inhabitant of the Northern Territory
Definitions
- An inhabitant of the Northern Territory
Ancestry of “Territorian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | territory | A large extent or tract of land; for example a... |
| 2 | Latin | territorium | The land around or within the boundaries of a... |
| 3 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |