Where does “imitatör” come from?

imitatör (Swedish) comes from French imitateur, from Latin imitator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

imitatör (Swedish): imitator, impersonator

Definitions

  1. imitator, impersonator

Ancestry of “imitatör”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchimitateurimitator, impersonator, mimic
2Latinimitatorimitator; mimic; second-person singular future...
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 Proto-Indo-European -tōr →