Where does “tutor” come from?

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

tutor (Portuguese): tutor; guardian

Definitions

  1. tutor; guardian

Ancestry of “tutor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintūtorwatcher, protector, defender
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “tutor”

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