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Where does “fulgurator” come from?

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

fulgurator (English): Somebody who predicts the future using lightning

Definitions

  1. Somebody who predicts the future using lightning

Ancestry of “fulgurator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinfulguratorA priest who interpreted omens from lightning;...
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōr—
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →