Where does “extincteur” come from?
extincteur (French) comes from Latin exstinctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
extincteur (French): fire extinguisher
Definitions
- fire extinguisher
Ancestry of “extincteur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | exstinctor | annihilator, destroyer |
| 2 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |