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Where does “assentor” come from?

assentor (English) comes from English assent, from Old French assent, from Latin assentio, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

assentor (English): Alternative form of assenter

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of assenter

Ancestry of “assentor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishassentTo agree; to give approval; To admit a thing as...
2Old Frenchassent—
3LatinassentioI assent or approve; I agree
4Latinsentiō—
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōrius—
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōr—
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →