Where does “zelator” come from?

zelator (English) comes from Latin zelator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

zelator (English): A zealot; the male counterpart of a zelatrix

Definitions

  1. A zealot; the male counterpart of a zelatrix

Ancestry of “zelator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinzelatorzealous person; zealot
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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tōr →