Where does “karburator” come from?
karburator (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Dutch [[carburator]]/[[carburateur]], from French carburateur, from French -ateur, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
karburator (Serbo-Croatian): carburetor
Definitions
- carburetor
Ancestry of “karburator”, step by step
karburator traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch [[carburator]]/[[carburateur]]
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | [[carburator]]/[[carburateur]] | — |
| 2 | French | carburateur | carburetor |
| 3 | French | -ateur | -ator |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English carburetor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carburetor | A device in an internal combustion engine where... |
| 2 | English | carburet | To react with carbon; To mix with hydrocarbons,... |
via Ottoman Turkish قاربوراتور
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قاربوراتور | — |