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Where does “commentatrice” come from?

commentatrice (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.

commentatrice (Italian): female equivalent of commentatore

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of commentatore

Ancestry of “commentatrice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancommentareto annotate; to comment on; to point out
2LatincommentorI consider thoroughly, think over, deliberate,...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōr—
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →