Where does “escalator” come from?

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

escalator (English): Anything that escalates; A motor-driven...

Definitions

  1. Anything that escalates; A motor-driven...

Ancestry of “escalator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-tor-er
2Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
3Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
4Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “escalator”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →