Where does “invertor” come from?
invertor (English) comes from English invert, from English invertebrate, from English in-, from Middle English in-, from Old English in-, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in — in.
invertor (English): That which inverts; Any muscle that turns a body...
Definitions
- That which inverts; Any muscle that turns a body...
Ancestry of “invertor”, step by step
invertor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English invert
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | invert | To turn upside down or inside out; to place in a... |
| 2 | English | invertebrate | An animal without vertebrae, i.e. backbone; A... |
| 3 | English | in- | in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with... |
| 4 | Middle English | in- | — |
| 5 | Old English | in- | in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the... |
| 6 | Old English | in | in; Alternative form of inn |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |