Where does “tutor” come from?

Tutor comes from Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur, from Latin tutor, an agent noun formed with the suffix -tor from Latin tueor meaning "to watch or guard," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European tewH-.

tutor (English): One who teaches another in a one-on-one or...

Definitions

  1. One who teaches another in a one-on-one or...

Ancestry of “tutor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtutour—
2Old Frenchtuteur—
3Latintūtorwatcher, protector, defender
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “tutor”

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