Where does “landslutur” come from?
landslutur (Faroese) comes from Faroese lutur, from English doctor, from Middle English doctour, from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
landslutur (Faroese): part of a country
Definitions
- part of a country
Ancestry of “landslutur”, step by step
landslutur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Faroese lutur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroese | lutur | thing; piece, part; lot |
| 2 | English | doctor | A physician; a member of the medical profession;... |
| 3 | Middle English | doctour | doctor |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | doctour | Alternative spelling of doctur |
| 5 | Latin | doctor | teacher, instructor; catechist |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |