Where does “kreyatè” come from?
kreyatè (Haitian Creole) comes from French créateur, from Middle French createur, from Old French creatur, from Latin creātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
kreyatè (Haitian Creole): creator
Definitions
- creator
Ancestry of “kreyatè”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | créateur | creator |
| 2 | Middle French | createur | creator |
| 3 | Old French | creatur | creator |
| 4 | Latin | creātor | a creator, author, founder |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |