Where does “kulbäddsreaktor” come from?
kulbäddsreaktor (Swedish) comes from Swedish reaktor, from English reactor, from English ‐or, from Middle English -our, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
kulbäddsreaktor (Swedish): pebble-bed reactor
Definitions
- pebble-bed reactor
Ancestry of “kulbäddsreaktor”, step by step
kulbäddsreaktor traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish reaktor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | reaktor | reactor |
| 2 | English | reactor | A person who responds to a suggestion,... |
| 3 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 4 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 5 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 6 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |