Where does “ōrātōrī” come from?
ōrātōrī (Middle English) comes from Old French orator, from Latin oratorium, from Latin oratorius, from Latin orator, from Latin orare, from Latin oro, from Latin os, from Proto-Italic ōs — bone.
Ancestry of “ōrātōrī”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | orator | — |
| 2 | Latin | oratorium | nominative neuter singular of ōrātōrius;... |
| 3 | Latin | oratorius | oratorical |
| 4 | Latin | orator | an orator, speaker; a spokesman, spokesperson; an... |
| 5 | Latin | orare | present active infinitive of ōrō; second-person... |
| 6 | Latin | oro | I orate, deliver a speech; I plead, beg; I pray,... |
| 7 | Latin | os | mouth; face, appearance, head; speech |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ōs | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ésth₁ | bone |
Words derived from “ōrātōrī”