Where does “exactor” come from?

exactor (Spanish) comes from Spanish actor, from Russian актёр, from French acteur, from Middle French acteur, from Latin āctor, from Latin āctus, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō — to drive.

exactor (Spanish): collector of debts, taxes, etc; former actor

Definitions

  1. collector of debts, taxes, etc; former actor

Ancestry of “exactor”, step by step

exactor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish actor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishactoractor; defendant
2Russianактёрactor, player, performer
3Frenchacteuractor
4Middle Frenchacteur—
5Latināctordoer, agent
6Latināctusmade, done, having been done
7Latinagōto act, to behave
8Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Latin exactor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexactorexpeller; exactor, tax collector; enforcer
2Latinexigōto drive out; expel
3Latinēx-out, away
4Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →