Where does “questorio” come from?

questorio (Italian) comes from Italian questore, from Latin quaestor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

questorio (Italian): quaestor

Definitions

  1. quaestor

Ancestry of “questorio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianquestorechief constable, chief of police; magistrate
2Latinquaestorquaestor
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-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin quaestor