Where does “-tor” come from?

-tor (Romanian) comes from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

-tor (Romanian): -er; -ing

Definitions

  1. -er; -ing

Ancestry of “-tor”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-tor”

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