Where does “commentatore” come from?
commentatore (Italian) comes from Italian commentare, from Latin commentor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
commentatore (Italian): commentator; annotator
Definitions
- commentator; annotator
Ancestry of “commentatore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | commentare | to annotate; to comment on; to point out |
| 2 | Latin | commentor | I consider thoroughly, think over, deliberate,... |
| 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 | — |