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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

  1. An inhabitant of the Northern Territory

Ancestry of “Territorian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishterritoryA large extent or tract of land; for example a...
2LatinterritoriumThe land around or within the boundaries of a...
3Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
4Latin-tōrius—
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →