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Where does “tutour” come from?

tutour (Middle English) comes from Old French tuteur, from Latin tūtor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

Ancestry of “tutour”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tutour”

  • tutor
  • tutorship
  • tutee
  • tutorage
  • tutoress
  • tutress
  • tutorly
  • subtutor
  • tutorize
  • e-tutor
  • mistutor
  • tutorest
  • cotutor
  • tutorism
  • e-tutorship
  • nontutor
  • tutoreth
  • cybertutor
  • teletutor
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →