Where does “orature” come from?

orature (English) comes from Scots oratur, from Middle English oritore, from Old French oratur, from Latin ōrātōrium, from Latin ōrātōrius, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

orature (English): The oral equivalent of literature: a collection...

Definitions

  1. The oral equivalent of literature: a collection...

Ancestry of “orature”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotsoratur—
2Middle Englishoritore—
3Old Frenchoratur—
4Latinōrātōrium—
5Latinōrātōriusoratorical
6Latin-tōriusory
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin -tōrius →