Where does “-ator” come from?

-ator (German) comes from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

-ator (German): used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending

Definitions

  1. used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending

Ancestry of “-ator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

Words derived from “-ator

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s