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Where does “ordinator” come from?

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

ordinator (English): One who ordains or establishes; a director

Definitions

  1. One who ordains or establishes; a director

Ancestry of “ordinator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinordinatororderer, regulator, arranger; ordainer;...
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 →