Where does “censorious” come from?

censorious (English) comes from Latin censorius, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

censorious (English): Addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or...

Definitions

  1. Addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or...

Ancestry of “censorious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincensoriuscensorial; rigid, severe; austere
2Latin-tōriusory
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 “censorious”

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