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Where does “sartorius” come from?

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

sartorius (English): A long, thin muscle that runs down the length of...

Definitions

  1. A long, thin muscle that runs down the length of...

Ancestry of “sartorius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsartorA mender; A patcher; A tailor
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 →