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Where does “ductor” come from?

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

ductor (Latin): leader; commander, general; iron worker

Definitions

  1. leader; commander, general; iron worker

Ancestry of “ductor”, 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 “ductor”

  • manuductor
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →