Where does “creatorless” come from?
creatorless (English) comes from English creator, from Middle English creatour, from Old French Creator, from Latin creātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
creatorless (English): Without a creator
Definitions
- Without a creator
Ancestry of “creatorless”, step by step
creatorless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English creator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | creator | Something or someone which creates or makes... |
| 2 | Middle English | creatour | The Christian God as a creator and maker; A... |
| 3 | Old French | Creator | Creator; God |
| 4 | Latin | creātor | a creator, author, founder |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |