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Where does “subscriptor” come from?

subscriptor (Latin) comes from Latin scriptor, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

subscriptor (Latin): subscriber

Definitions

  1. subscriber

Ancestry of “subscriptor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscriptorwriter, author; scribe
2Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
3Latin-tōrius—
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōr—
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “subscriptor”

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