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
- deputy chief constable, deputy chief of police
Ancestry of “vicequestore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | questore | chief constable, chief of police; magistrate |
| 2 | Latin | quaestor | quaestor |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |