Where does “auditor” come from?

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

auditor (Portuguese): auditor one who audits bookkeeping accounts

Definitions

  1. auditor one who audits bookkeeping accounts

Ancestry of “auditor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinauditora hearer; an auditor; a pupil, disciple; a person...
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin auditor →