Where does “stellarator” come from?
stellarator (French) comes from English stellarator, from English -ator, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
stellarator (French): stellarator
Ancestry of “stellarator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | stellarator | A magnetic device used to confine a plasma,... |
| 2 | English | -ator | used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that... |
| 3 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |