Where does “cunctator” come from?
cunctator (English) comes from Latin cunctator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
cunctator (English): One who delays or lingers
Definitions
- One who delays or lingers
Ancestry of “cunctator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | cunctator | A delayer; a dawdler, slowpoke; second-person... |
| 2 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |