Where does “instructor” come from?
Instructor comes from Latin instructor, derived from Latin instruo meaning to arrange or prepare, from Proto-Italic enstrowō.
instructor (English): One who instructs; a teacher
Definitions
- One who instructs; a teacher
Ancestry of “instructor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | instructor | Someone who arranges something; preparer |
| 2 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |