Where does “vibrator” come from?

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

vibrator (Romanian): dildo

Definitions

  1. dildo

Ancestry of “vibrator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-tor-er; -ing
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “vibrator”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Romanian -tor →