Where does “temporizator” come from?

temporizator (Romanian) comes from French temporisateur, from French -ateur, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

temporizator (Romanian): temporizing, delaying

Definitions

  1. temporizing, delaying

Ancestry of “temporizator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtemporisateurtemporizing
2French-ateur-ator
3Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from French -ateur →