Where does “censor” come from?

censor (Swedish) comes from Latin cēnsor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

censor (Swedish): censor; a Roman census administrator; censor; an...

Definitions

  1. censor; a Roman census administrator; censor; an...

Ancestry of “censor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincēnsorcensor
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-s →