Where does “purgatore” come from?

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

purgatore (Italian): purger

Definitions

  1. purger

Ancestry of “purgatore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-toreAdded to verbs to form masculine nouns and...
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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Italian -tore →