Where does “instigatress” come from?
instigatress (English) comes from English instigator, from Latin instigator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
instigatress (English): A female instigator
Definitions
- A female instigator
Ancestry of “instigatress”, step by step
instigatress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English instigator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | instigator | A person who intentionally instigates, incites,... |
| 2 | Latin | instigator | second-person singular future passive imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |