Where does “pecador” come from?

pecador (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese pecador, from Latin peccator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

pecador (Portuguese): sinner; who sins

Definitions

  1. sinner; who sins

Ancestry of “pecador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesepecador—
2Latinpeccatorsinner; transgressor; second-person singular...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin peccator →