Where does “-tor” come from?

-tor (New Latin) comes from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

-tor (New Latin): -er

Definitions

  1. -er

Ancestry of “-tor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
2Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
3Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tōr →Every word from Proto-Italic -tōr →
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