Where does “potator” come from?

potator (English) comes from Latin potator, from Latin pōtō, from Latin pōtus, from Latin pōtāre, from Proto-Italic pōtos, from Proto-Indo-European ph₃tós, from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- — to drink.

potator (English): A drinker

Definitions

  1. A drinker

Ancestry of “potator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpotatorsecond-person singular future passive imperative...
2Latinpōtōto drink
3Latinpōtusdrunk
4Latinpōtāre—
5Proto-Italicpōtosdrunk
6Proto-Indo-Europeanph₃tósdrunk; having drunk
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₃-to drink
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ph₃tós →Every word from Proto-Italic pōtos →