Where does “gato-pescador” come from?
gato-pescador (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese pescador, from Old Portuguese pescador, from Latin piscātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
gato-pescador (Portuguese): fishing cat
Ancestry of “gato-pescador”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | pescador | fisher |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | pescador | — |
| 3 | Latin | piscātor | — |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |