Where does “distractor” come from?
Distractor comes from English distract, derived from Latin distractus, past participle of distraho, combining Latin traho (to draw) with the prefix dis- (apart).
distractor (English): Alternative spelling of distracter
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of distracter
Ancestry of “distractor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ‐or | — |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |