Where does “ciocănitoare” come from?
ciocănitoare (Romanian) comes from Romanian -toare, from Romanian -tor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
ciocănitoare (Romanian): woodpecker
Ancestry of “ciocănitoare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | -toare | female equivalent of -tor: -er; feminine singular... |
| 2 | Romanian | -tor | -er; -ing |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |