Where does “kollaboratur” come from?
kollaboratur (Maltese) comes from Italian collaboratore, from Italian -tore, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
kollaboratur (Maltese): collaborator
Definitions
- collaborator
Ancestry of “kollaboratur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | collaboratore | collaborator, co-worker, colleague, partner, aide, employee |
| 2 | Italian | -tore | Added to verbs to form masculine nouns and... |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |