Where does “delator” come from?
delator (Portuguese) comes from Latin delator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
delator (Portuguese): informant; whistle-blower
Definitions
- informant; whistle-blower
Ancestry of “delator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | delator | accuser, informer, denouncer |
| 2 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |