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Where does “-tor” come from?

-tor (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

-tor (Proto-Indo-European): Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Definitions

  1. Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Ancestry of “-tor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “-tor”

  • censorship
  • history
  • cursor
  • story
  • authority
  • cursory
  • author
  • censor
  • cursorily
  • historical
  • factor
  • postcursor
  • anticensorship
  • doctor
  • censorable
  • doctrine
  • sector
  • precensorship
  • partner
  • censorian
  • territory
  • censorware
  • cursitor
  • victory
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →