Where does “moderator” come from?

moderator (Indonesian) comes from Dutch moderator, from Latin moderātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

moderator (Indonesian): moderator

Definitions

moderator

Ancestry of “moderator”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Dutch	moderator	—
2	Latin	moderātor	manager, ruler, governor, director
3	Latin	-tor	-er
4	Proto-Italic	-tōr	Forms agent nouns to verb stems
5	Proto-Indo-European	-tōr	Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6	Proto-Indo-European	-tor-s	—

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