Where does “textmarkör” come from?
textmarkör (Swedish) comes from Swedish markör, from French marqueur, from French -eur, from Middle French -eur, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
textmarkör (Swedish): a text cursor
Definitions
- a text cursor
Ancestry of “textmarkör”, step by step
textmarkör traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish markör
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | markör | a marker, a cursor |
| 2 | French | marqueur | marker; marker; marker pen; marker, scorer |
| 3 | French | -eur | Used to form agent nouns from verbs; API f; -ness |
| 4 | Middle French | -eur | Used to form agent nouns from verbs |
| 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 | — |