Where does “adulatoryo” come from?
adulatoryo (Tagalog) comes from Italian adulatorio, from Latin adulatorius, from Latin adūlātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
adulatoryo (Tagalog): adulatory; flattering
Definitions
- adulatory; flattering
Ancestry of “adulatoryo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | adulatorio | flattering |
| 2 | Latin | adulatorius | flattering, adulatory |
| 3 | Latin | adūlātor | a low cringing flatterer; a sycophant |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |