Where does “abstractor” come from?
abstractor (English) comes from English abstract, from Middle English abstract, from Latin abstractus, from Latin abstrahere, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ- — to run.
abstractor (English): Alternative form of abstracter; A clerk of a...
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- Alternative form of abstracter; A clerk of a...
Ancestry of “abstractor”, step by step
abstractor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English abstract
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | abstract | An abridgement or summary of a longer... |
| 2 | Middle English | abstract | Drawn away or out of; detached; abstract,... |
| 3 | Latin | abstractus | drawn away from, having been drawn away from;... |
| 4 | Latin | abstrahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 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 | — |