Where does “cursitor” come from?

cursitor (English) comes from Latin Cursor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

cursitor (English): A courier or runner; A clerk in the Court of...

Definitions

  1. A courier or runner; A clerk in the Court of...

Ancestry of “cursitor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCursorfamously held by
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 Cursor →