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

  1. informant; whistle-blower

Ancestry of “delator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindelatoraccuser, informer, denouncer
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 Proto-Indo-European -tōr →
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