Where does “questor” come from?

questor (Middle English) comes from Latin quaestor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

questor (Middle English): A member of the clergy who provides forgiveness...

Definitions

  1. A member of the clergy who provides forgiveness...

Ancestry of “questor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquaestorquaestor
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “questor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin quaestor →