Where does “timador” come from?

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

timador (Spanish): confidence trickster, scam artist

Definitions

  1. confidence trickster, scam artist

Ancestry of “timador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-dorForms nouns and adjectives from verbs. The vowel...
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Spanish -dor
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