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Where does “kenekoa” come from?

kenekoa (Hawaiian) comes from English Senator, from Latin senātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

kenekoa (Hawaiian): senator

Definitions

  1. senator

Ancestry of “kenekoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSenatorThe title for someone who is elected to be a...
2Latinsenātor—
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōr—
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →