Where does “adulatory” come from?

adulatory (English) comes from Latin adulatorius, from Latin adūlātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

adulatory (English): Exhibiting adulation; overly flattering

Definitions

  1. Exhibiting adulation; overly flattering

Ancestry of “adulatory”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinadulatoriusflattering, adulatory
2Latinadūlātora low cringing flatterer; a sycophant
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “adulatory”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin adūlātor →
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