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Where does “instructor” come from?

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

instructor (Spanish): instructor, teacher

Definitions

  1. instructor, teacher

Ancestry of “instructor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatininstructorSomeone who arranges something; preparer
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōr—
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →