Where does “imitador” come from?

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

imitador (Portuguese): imitator one who imitates or apes another

Definitions

imitator one who imitates or apes another

Ancestry of “imitador”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	imitator	imitator; mimic; second-person singular future...
2	Latin	-tor	-er
3	Proto-Italic	-tōr	Forms agent nouns to verb stems
4	Proto-Indo-European	-tōr	Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5	Proto-Indo-European	-tor-s	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tōr →