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Where does “oratur” come from?

oratur (Scots) comes from Middle English oritore, from Old French oratur, from Latin ōrātōrium, from Latin ōrātōrius, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

Ancestry of “oratur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishoritore—
2Old Frenchoratur—
3Latinōrātōrium—
4Latinōrātōrius—
5Latin-tōrius—
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “oratur”

  • orature
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