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Where does “créateur” come from?

créateur (French) comes from Middle French createur, from Old French creatur, from Latin creātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

créateur (French): creator

Definitions

  1. creator

Ancestry of “créateur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcreateurcreator
2Old Frenchcreaturcreator
3Latincreātor—
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōr—
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “créateur”

  • kreyatè
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →