Where does “modérateur” come from?

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

modérateur (French): moderator; moderate, not extreme

Definitions

  1. moderator; moderate, not extreme

Ancestry of “modérateur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmoderātormanager, ruler, governor, director
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 “modérateur”

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