Where does “délateur” come from?

délateur (French) comes from Latin delator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

délateur (French): informer

Definitions

  1. informer

Ancestry of “délateur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindelatoraccuser, informer, denouncer
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

Words derived from “délateur

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -tōr