Where does “zâmbitor” come from?

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

zâmbitor (Romanian): smiling

Definitions

  1. smiling

Ancestry of “zâmbitor”, 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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Romanian -tor →
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