Where does “lavador” come from?
lavador (English) comes from Portuguese lavador, from Latin lavator, from Latin lavatōrium, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
lavador (English): a machine used in mining placer deposits, which...
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- a machine used in mining placer deposits, which...
Ancestry of “lavador”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | lavador | washer |
| 2 | Latin | lavator | second-person singular future passive imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | lavatōrium | A washroom or -place, a lavatorium |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |