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Where does “interrogatorio” come from?

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

interrogatorio (Spanish): an interrogation; a questioning or inquiry

Definitions

  1. an interrogation; a questioning or inquiry

Ancestry of “interrogatorio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatininterrogatoriusConsisting or preceding by questions;...
2LatininterrogatorAn interrogator; A wizard
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōr—
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →