Where does “agrimensor” come from?

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

agrimensor (Spanish): surveyor

Definitions

  1. surveyor

Ancestry of “agrimensor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinagrimensora land surveyor
2Latinmensormeasurer; measurer of grain; land surveyor,...
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—

Words derived from “agrimensor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tōr →