Where does “causatrice” come from?
causatrice (Italian) comes from Italian causatore, from Italian -tore, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
causatrice (Italian): female equivalent of causatore
Definitions
- female equivalent of causatore
Ancestry of “causatrice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | causatore | Someone or something that causes or produces an... |
| 2 | Italian | -tore | Added to verbs to form masculine nouns and... |
| 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 | — |