Where does “victor” come from?

Victor comes from Latin victor, a noun derived from the Latin agent suffix -tor, which developed from Proto-Italic -tōr, itself from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, ultimately traced to the Proto-Indo-European root -tor-s.

victor (English): The winner in a fight or contest; The letter "V"...

Definitions

  1. The winner in a fight or contest; The letter "V"...

Ancestry of “victor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvictorconqueror, vanquisher; victor, winner;...
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “victor”

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