Where does “-trum” come from?

-trum (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

-trum (Latin): forming instrument nouns

Definitions

  1. forming instrument nouns

Ancestry of “-trum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic-tromsuffix forming instrument nouns from verbs
2Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
3Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “-trum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →