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Where does “Stentōr” come from?

Stentōr (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ, from Ancient Greek -τωρ, from Proto-Hellenic *-tōr.

Ancestry of “Stentōr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΣτέντωρ—
2Ancient Greek-τωρUsed to form agent nouns
3Proto-Hellenic*-tōr—
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