Where does “censor morum” come from?

censor morum (English) comes from Latin cēnsor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

censor morum (English): A censor of morals

Definitions

  1. A censor of morals

Ancestry of “censor morum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincēnsorcensor
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin cēnsor →