Where does “flagitator” come from?

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

flagitator (Latin): one who makes persistent demands, one who harasses with requests or questions

Definitions

  1. one who makes persistent demands, one who harasses with requests or questions

Ancestry of “flagitator”, step by step

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