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Where does “censorius” come from?

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

censorius (Latin): censorial; rigid, severe; austere

Definitions

  1. censorial; rigid, severe; austere

Ancestry of “censorius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-tōrius—
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōr—
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →