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

Definitions

  1. fishing cat

Ancestry of “gato-pescador”, step by step

gato-pescador traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese pescador

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepescadorfisher
2Old Portuguesepescador—
3Latinpiscātorfisher, fisherman
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

via Portuguese gato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesegatocat; feline; very handsome man
2Old Portuguesegato—
3Late Latincattuscat; domestic cat; a cat
4Latincattaa cat
5Latincattusa cat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin piscātor →