Where does “violator” come from?

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

violator (Romanian): rapist

Definitions

  1. rapist

Ancestry of “violator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchviolateurviolator, profaner
2Latinviolatorinjurer, profaner, violator; second-person...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tōr →