Where does “-dó” come from?

-dó (Papiamentu) comes from Portuguese -dor, from Old Portuguese -dor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

-dó (Papiamentu): Forms agent nouns, usually from verbs

Definitions

  1. Forms agent nouns, usually from verbs

Ancestry of “-dó”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-dorAPI m; -er, -or
2Old Portuguese-dor
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 “-dó

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Portuguese -dor
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