Where does “delator” come from?

delator (English) comes from Middle English delatoures, from Latin delator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

delator (English): An accuser; an informer

Definitions

  1. An accuser; an informer

Ancestry of “delator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdelatoures—
2Latindelatoraccuser, informer, denouncer
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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tōr →