Where does “azotofissatore” come from?

azotofissatore (Italian) comes from Italian fissatore, from French fixateur, from French -ateur, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

azotofissatore (Italian): nitrogen-fixing

Definitions

  1. nitrogen-fixing

Ancestry of “azotofissatore”, step by step

azotofissatore traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian fissatore

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfissatorefixing; fixative
2Frenchfixateurfixer; fixative
3French-ateur-ator
4Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via Italian azoto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianazotonitrogen
2Frenchazotenitrogen
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from French -ateur