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Where does “supinator” come from?

supinator (English) comes from French supinateur, from French -ateur, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

supinator (English): Any muscle that aids supination

Definitions

  1. Any muscle that aids supination

Ancestry of “supinator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsupinateur—
2French-ateur-ator
3Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōr—
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →