Etymology Explorer › Mauritian Creole

Where does “oter” come from?

oter (Mauritian Creole) comes from French hauteur, from French -eur, from Middle French -eur, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

oter (Mauritian Creole): author; writer; height

Definitions

  1. author; writer; height

Ancestry of “oter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhauteurheight, altitude; arrogance; height
2French-eurUsed to form agent nouns from verbs; API f; -ness
3Middle French-eurUsed to form agent nouns from verbs
4Old French-eorAlternative form of -or
5Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →