Where does “ductor” come from?

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

ductor (English): One who leads; A device, usually in the form of...

Definitions

  1. One who leads; A device, usually in the form of...

Ancestry of “ductor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinductorleader; commander, general; iron worker
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 Proto-Indo-European -tōr →