Where does “-ator” come from?

-ator (Latin) comes from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

-ator (Latin): -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...

Definitions

  1. -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...

Ancestry of “-ator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-tor-er
2Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
3Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
4Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “-ator”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →