Where does “pintor” come from?
pintor (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese pintor, from Vulgar Latin pinctor, from Latin Pictor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
pintor (Portuguese): painter
Ancestry of “pintor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | pintor | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | pinctor | — |
| 3 | Latin | Pictor | — |
| 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 | — |