Where does “censoress” come from?

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

censoress (English): A female censor

Definitions

  1. A female censor

Ancestry of “censoress”, step by step

censoress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English censor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcensorOne of the two magistrates who originally...
2Latincēnsorcensor
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—

via English ess

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishessThe name of the Latin-script letter S; Something...
2Germanessfirst-person singular present of essen; singular...
3Proto-Germanicatiska-grainfield
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂edos-sort of cereal, grain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin cēnsor →