Where does “risorius” come from?

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

risorius (Latin): laughing, smiling

Definitions

  1. laughing, smiling

Ancestry of “risorius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinrīsorA laugher, mocker, banterer
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 “risorius”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tōr →
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