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Where does “-dor” come from?

-dor (Spanish) comes from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

-dor (Spanish): Forms nouns and adjectives from verbs. The vowel...

Definitions

  1. Forms nouns and adjectives from verbs. The vowel...

Ancestry of “-dor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-tor-er
2Proto-Italic-tōr—
3Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
4Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “-dor”

  • matador
  • conquistador
  • stevedore
  • corregidor
  • toreador
  • picador
  • stevedoring
  • regidor
  • mirador
  • conquistadorial
  • provedore
  • matadorial
  • historiador
  • tatuador
  • patrullador
  • encerador
  • especulador
  • habitador
  • masajeador
  • agateador
  • trotador
  • hipnotizador
  • ladrador
  • fiscalizador
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →