Where does “territorial” come from?

Territorial comes from Late Latin territorialis, composed of Latin terra meaning "earth" or "land" and the Latin adjectival suffix -alis, both ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European ters-.

territorial (English): Of, relating to, or restricted to a specific...

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or restricted to a specific...

Ancestry of “territorial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinterritorialisterritorial; of or pertaining to a territory
2Latinterritōriumterritory particularly
3Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
4Latin-tōriusory
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

Words derived from “territorial

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s
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