Where does “motocositoare” come from?
motocositoare (Romanian) comes from Romanian cositoare, from Romanian -toare, from Romanian -tor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
motocositoare (Romanian): motorized mower
Definitions
- motorized mower
Ancestry of “motocositoare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | cositoare | lawnmower |
| 2 | Romanian | -toare | female equivalent of -tor: -er; feminine singular... |
| 3 | Romanian | -tor | -er; -ing |
| 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 | — |