Where does “instructoress” come from?
instructoress (English) comes from English instructor, from Latin instructor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
instructoress (English): Alternative form of instructress
Definitions
- Alternative form of instructress
Ancestry of “instructoress”, step by step
instructoress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English instructor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | instructor | One who instructs; a teacher |
| 2 | Latin | instructor | Someone who arranges something; preparer |
| 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 | — |