Where does “meditatrice” come from?

meditatrice (Italian) comes from Italian meditatore, from Italian -tore, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

meditatrice (Italian): female equivalent of meditatore

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of meditatore

Ancestry of “meditatrice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmeditatorethinker; plotter
2Italian-toreAdded to verbs to form masculine nouns and...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Italian -tore →