Where does “κοτσαδόρος” come from?
κοτσαδόρος (Greek) comes from Greek -αδόρος, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
κοτσαδόρος (Greek): tow bar, tow hitch
Ancestry of “κοτσαδόρος”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Greek | -αδόρος | κομπίνα + API → κομπιναδόρος; λουφάρω + API →... |
| 2 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |