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Where does “suytour” come from?

suytour (Old French) comes from Latin secutor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

suytour (Old French): follower; suitor; plaintiff; agent

Definitions

  1. follower; suitor; plaintiff; agent

Ancestry of “suytour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsecutorfollower, pursuer; secutor, a kind of light-armed...
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōr—
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “suytour”

  • suitor
  • suitorship
  • suitorless
  • suitress
  • sutour
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →