Where does “エスカレーター” come from?

エスカレーター (Japanese) comes from English escalator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

エスカレーター (Japanese): an escalator

Definitions

  1. an escalator

Ancestry of “エスカレーター”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishescalatorAnything that escalates; A motor-driven...
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from English escalator →