Where does “tutur” come from?

tutur (Maltese) comes from Italian tutore, from Latin tūtor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

tutur (Maltese): guardian

Definitions

  1. guardian

Ancestry of “tutur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantutoreguardian; protector, defender; tutor, teacher,...
2Latintūtorwatcher, protector, defender
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin tūtor
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