Where does “secadora” come from?

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

secadora (Spanish): dryer, clothes dryer a household appliance that removes the water from clothing by accelerating evaporation, usually though heat and a tumbling motion

Definitions

  1. dryer, clothes dryer a household appliance that removes the water from clothing by accelerating evaporation, usually though heat and a tumbling motion

Ancestry of “secadora”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-dorafemale equivalent of -dor
2Spanish-dorForms nouns and adjectives from verbs. The vowel...
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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Spanish -dor →