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Where does “cunctator” come from?

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

cunctator (Latin): A delayer; a dawdler, slowpoke; second-person...

Definitions

  1. A delayer; a dawdler, slowpoke; second-person...

Ancestry of “cunctator”, 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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →