Where does “promisor” come from?
promisor (English) comes from English promise, from Middle English promis, from Old French promesse, from Medieval Latin promissa, from Latin prōmissum, from Latin promissus, from Latin prōmittō, from Latin prō — to fit, to fix, to put together.
promisor (English): One who engages or undertakes; a promiser
Definitions
- One who engages or undertakes; a promiser
Ancestry of “promisor”, step by step
promisor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English promise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | promise | an oath or affirmation; a vow; a transaction... |
| 2 | Middle English | promis | — |
| 3 | Old French | promesse | promise |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | promissa | — |
| 5 | Latin | prōmissum | promise |
| 6 | Latin | promissus | promised |
| 7 | Latin | prōmittō | to send forth |
| 8 | Latin | prō | for |
| 9 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 10 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |