Where does “fauteur” come from?

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

fauteur (French): instigator

Definitions

  1. instigator

Ancestry of “fauteur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfautorpatron, protector; admirer; supporter
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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tōr →