Where does “tuer” come from?

tuer (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin tutare, from Latin tūtor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

tuer (Old French): to kill

Definitions

  1. to kill

Ancestry of “tuer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintutareto extinguish, kill; second-person singular...
2Latintūtorwatcher, protector, defender
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “tuer”

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