Where does “sanatorium” come from?
sanatorium (Polish) comes from French sanatorium, from Latin sanatorius, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
sanatorium (Polish): sanatorium
Definitions
- sanatorium
Ancestry of “sanatorium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sanatorium | sanatorium |
| 2 | Latin | sanatorius | giving health |
| 3 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |