Where does “interogatoriu” come from?
interogatoriu (Romanian) comes from French interrogatoire, from Medieval Latin interrogatōrium, from Latin interrogatorius, from Latin interrogator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
interogatoriu (Romanian): interrogation
Definitions
- interrogation
Ancestry of “interogatoriu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | interrogatoire | interrogation (series of questions) |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | interrogatōrium | — |
| 3 | Latin | interrogatorius | Consisting or preceding by questions;... |
| 4 | Latin | interrogator | An interrogator; A wizard |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |