Where does “interrogator” come from?
Interrogator comes from Latin interrogator, from interrogare meaning to question, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wel- meaning to turn or roll.
interrogator (English): One who interrogates; a person who asks...
Definitions
- One who interrogates; a person who asks...
Ancestry of “interrogator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | interrogator | An interrogator; A wizard |
| 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 | — |