Where does “moderatress” come from?
moderatress (English) comes from English moderator, from Latin moderātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
moderatress (English): A female moderator; a moderatrix
Definitions
- A female moderator; a moderatrix
Ancestry of “moderatress”, step by step
moderatress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English moderator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | moderator | someone who moderates; the person who presides... |
| 2 | Latin | moderātor | manager, ruler, governor, director |
| 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 | — |