Where does “-dor” come from?
-dor (Galician) comes from Galician cortar, from Old Portuguese cortar, from Latin curto, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
-dor (Galician): -er, -or
Ancestry of “-dor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Galician | cortar | — |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | cortar | — |
| 3 | Latin | curto | I shorten, cut short, abbreviate |
| 4 | Latin | curtus | shortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |
Words derived from “-dor”