Where does “videojogador” come from?
videojogador (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese jogador, from Portuguese -dor, from Old Portuguese -dor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
videojogador (Portuguese): gamer person who plays video games
Definitions
- gamer person who plays video games
Ancestry of “videojogador”, step by step
videojogador traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese jogador
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | jogador | player; gambling addict; thrower |
| 2 | Portuguese | -dor | API m; -er, -or |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | -dor | — |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |