Where does “insertor” come from?
insertor (English) comes from English insert, from Latin insertus, from Latin īnserō, from Latin serō, from Latin sērus, from Proto-Italic swerjos, from Proto-Indo-European swer-yo-s, from Proto-Indo-European swer- — to ache; to fester; wound; injury.
insertor (English): One who or that which inserts; One who penetrates...
Definitions
- One who or that which inserts; One who penetrates...
Ancestry of “insertor”, step by step
insertor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English insert
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | insert | To put in between or into; An image inserted into... |
| 2 | Latin | insertus | inserted, introduced |
| 3 | Latin | īnserō | to sow or plant |
| 4 | Latin | serō | to sow, plant |
| 5 | Latin | sērus | late, too late |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | swerjos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swer-yo-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swer- | to ache; to fester; wound; injury |
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 | — |