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Where does “-sor” come from?

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

-sor (Latin): Alternative form of -tor

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of -tor

Ancestry of “-sor”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-sor”

  • censorship
  • cursor
  • cursory
  • censor
  • cursorily
  • postcursor
  • anticensorship
  • censorable
  • precensorship
  • censorian
  • censorware
  • cursitor
  • cursoriness
  • uncensorable
  • recensor
  • noncensorship
  • uncensor
  • precensor
  • decensorship
  • censorless
  • cursorless
  • antecursor
  • censor morum
  • cybercensorship
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →