Where does “exactor” come from?
exactor (English) comes from English exact, from Latin exactare, from Latin exactus, from Latin exigō, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
exactor (English): A person who makes illegal or unreasonable...
Definitions
- A person who makes illegal or unreasonable...
Ancestry of “exactor”, step by step
exactor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English exact
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exact | Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or... |
| 2 | Latin | exactare | — |
| 3 | Latin | exactus | driven out, expelled, having been driven out;... |
| 4 | Latin | exigō | to drive out; expel |
| 5 | Latin | agō | to act, to behave |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 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 | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |