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Where does “manuductor” come from?

manuductor (English) comes from Latin ductor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

manuductor (English): The chief novice in an order

Definitions

  1. The chief novice in an order

Ancestry of “manuductor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinductorleader; commander, general; iron worker
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōr—
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →