Where does “quaestūra” come from?

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

quaestūra (Latin): quaestorship (office of a quaestor)

Definitions

  1. quaestorship (office of a quaestor)

Ancestry of “quaestūra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquaestorquaestor
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

Words derived from “quaestūra

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin quaestor