Where does “vicequestore” come from?

vicequestore (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.

vicequestore (Italian): deputy chief constable, deputy chief of police

Definitions

  1. deputy chief constable, deputy chief of police

Ancestry of “vicequestore”, 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-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin quaestor →