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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

  1. One who instructs; a teacher

Ancestry of “instructor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatininstructorSomeone who arranges something; preparer
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōr—
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “instructor”

  • instructress
  • instructorship
  • instructoress
  • teleinstructor
  • instructorish
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