Where does “tractator” come from?

tractator (English) comes from Latin tractator, from Latin tractō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

tractator (English): In medieval commerce, the person who handles or...

Definitions

  1. In medieval commerce, the person who handles or...

Ancestry of “tractator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintractatormasseur; imperial official, manager; commentator,...
2Latintractōto tug, drag or haul
3Latin-tōForms here
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin -tō →