Where does “vessatur” come from?

vessatur (Maltese) comes from Italian vessatore, from Latin vexator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

vessatur (Maltese): vexer

Definitions

  1. vexer

Ancestry of “vessatur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvessatoreoppressor, tormentor, maltreater; oppressive,...
2Latinvexatortroubler, harasser, abuser, vexer
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-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tōr →