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Where does “creatour” come from?

creatour (Middle English) comes from Old French Creator, from Latin creātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

creatour (Middle English): The Christian God as a creator and maker; A...

Definitions

  1. The Christian God as a creator and maker; A...

Ancestry of “creatour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchCreator—
2Latincreātor—
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōr—
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “creatour”

  • creator
  • cocreator
  • creatorship
  • creatress
  • subcreator
  • miscreator
  • noncreator
  • creatorlike
  • creatorless
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →