Where does “-tore” come from?

-tore (Italian) comes from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

-tore (Italian): Added to verbs to form masculine nouns and...

Definitions

  1. Added to verbs to form masculine nouns and...

Ancestry of “-tore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-tor-er
2Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
3Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
4Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “-tore”

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