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Where does “subappaltatore” come from?

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

subappaltatore (Italian): subcontracting; subcontractor

Definitions

  1. subcontracting; subcontractor

Ancestry of “subappaltatore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianappaltatorecontracting; contractor
2Italian-toreAdded to verbs to form masculine nouns and...
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 →