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Where does “toreadori” come from?

toreadori (Finnish) comes from Spanish toreador, from Spanish torear, from Spanish -ear, from Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō, from Proto-Indo-European -idyéti — he, she.

toreadori (Finnish): toreador

Definitions

  1. toreador

Ancestry of “toreadori”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtoreadortoreador
2Spanishtorearto fight a bull; to send the bulls to the cows;...
3Spanish-earforms verbs from adjectives, nouns and some...
4Latin-izāre—
5Ancient Greek-ίζεινpresent active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize
6Ancient Greek-ίζωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
7Proto-Hellenic-íďďō—
8Proto-Indo-European-idyéti—
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
11Chichewaiyehe, she
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