Where does “răuvoitor” come from?
răuvoitor (Romanian) comes from Romanian rău, from Romanian făcător, from Romanian face, from Romanian -tor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
răuvoitor (Romanian): malevolent
Definitions
- malevolent
Ancestry of “răuvoitor”, step by step
răuvoitor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian rău
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | rău | bad; wrong; sick |
| 2 | Romanian | făcător | maker, creator; making, doing |
| 3 | Romanian | face | do, make; to be made, to be done |
| 4 | Romanian | -tor | -er; -ing |
| 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 | — |