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Where does “teletutor” come from?

teletutor (English) comes from English tutor, from Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur, from Latin tūtor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

teletutor (English): One who tutors by means of telecommunication or...

Definitions

  1. One who tutors by means of telecommunication or...

Ancestry of “teletutor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtutorOne who teaches another in a one-on-one or...
2Middle Englishtutour—
3Old Frenchtuteur—
4Latintūtor—
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →