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Where does “carburateur” come from?

carburateur (French) comes from French -ateur, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

carburateur (French): carburetor

Definitions

  1. carburetor

Ancestry of “carburateur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ateur-ator
2Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōr—
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “carburateur”

  • carburator
  • carburateur
  • karburator
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →