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

Definitions

  1. -er, -or

Ancestry of “-dor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancortarto cut
2Old Portuguesecortar—
3LatincurtoI shorten, cut short, abbreviate
4Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “-dor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin curtus →Every word from Latin curto →