Where does “tostatore” come from?
tostatore (Italian) comes from Italian -tore, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
tostatore (Italian): toaster, roaster (person)
Definitions
- toaster, roaster (person)
Ancestry of “tostatore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | -tore | Added to verbs to form masculine nouns and... |
| 2 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |