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Where does “haustor” come from?

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

haustor (Latin): Someone who draws or drains; drawer

Definitions

  1. Someone who draws or drains; drawer

Ancestry of “haustor”, 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 “haustor”

  • haustorium
  • prehaustorium
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →