Where does “-der” come from?

-der (Manx) comes from Old Irish -atóir, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

-der (Manx): Suffix appended to words to create an agent noun,...

Definitions

  1. Suffix appended to words to create an agent noun,...

Ancestry of “-der”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish-atóir—
2Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
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—

Words derived from “-der”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin -ator →
-der — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer