Where does “imitatoraș” come from?
imitatoraș (Romanian) comes from Romanian imitator, from French imitateur, from Latin imitator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
Ancestry of “imitatoraș”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | imitator | copycat |
| 2 | French | imitateur | imitator, impersonator, mimic |
| 3 | Latin | imitator | imitator; mimic; second-person singular future... |
| 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 | — |