Where does “commentare” come from?

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

commentare (Italian): to annotate; to comment on; to point out

Definitions

  1. to annotate; to comment on; to point out

Ancestry of “commentare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincommentorI consider thoroughly, think over, deliberate,...
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “commentare”

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