Where does “suitress” come from?
suitress (English) comes from English suitor, from Middle English sutour, from Anglo-Norman suytour, from Latin secutor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
suitress (English): A female supplicant or suitor
Definitions
- A female supplicant or suitor
Ancestry of “suitress”, step by step
suitress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English suitor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suitor | One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for... |
| 2 | Middle English | sutour | A believer in ideas; a member of a movement or a... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | suytour | follower; suitor; plaintiff; agent |
| 4 | Latin | secutor | follower, pursuer; secutor, a kind of light-armed... |
| 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 | — |