Where does “questrice” come from?

questrice (French) comes from French questeur, from Latin quaestor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

Ancestry of “questrice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquesteurquaestor
2Latinquaestorquaestor
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin quaestor →