Where does “janitress” come from?
janitress (English) comes from English janitor, from Latin ianitor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
janitress (English): a female janitor
Definitions
- a female janitor
Ancestry of “janitress”, step by step
janitress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English janitor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | janitor | Someone who looks after the maintenance and... |
| 2 | Latin | ianitor | doorkeeper, doorman, porter; pylorus |
| 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 | — |