Where does “ovidore” come from?
ovidore (English) comes from Portuguese ouvidor, from Latin auditor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
ovidore (English): A kind of official in Portuguese India
Definitions
- A kind of official in Portuguese India
Ancestry of “ovidore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | ouvidor | listener, hearer; ombudsman or a special judge or... |
| 2 | Latin | auditor | a hearer; an auditor; a pupil, disciple; a person... |
| 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 | — |