Where does “escalator” come from?

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

escalator (French): escalator

Definitions

  1. escalator

Ancestry of “escalator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishescalatorAnything that escalates; A motor-driven...
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 “escalator”

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