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Where does “orateur” come from?

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

orateur (French): orator; speaker, public speaker

Definitions

  1. orator; speaker, public speaker

Ancestry of “orateur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinōrātor—
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōr—
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “orateur”

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