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
Ancestry of “potator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | potator | second-person singular future passive imperative... |
| 2 | Latin | pōtō | — |
| 3 | Latin | pōtus | — |
| 4 | Latin | pōtāre | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pōtos | drunk |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tós | drunk; having drunk |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |