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Where does “săpător” come from?

săpător (Romanian) comes from Romanian -tor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

săpător (Romanian): digger; ditcher; trencher

Definitions

  1. digger; ditcher; trencher

Ancestry of “săpător”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-tor-er; -ing
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōr—
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →