Where does “ametralyadora” come from?
ametralyadora (Tagalog) comes from Spanish ametralladora, from Spanish -dora, from Spanish -dor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
ametralyadora (Tagalog): machine gun
Definitions
- machine gun
Ancestry of “ametralyadora”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | ametralladora | machine gun |
| 2 | Spanish | -dora | female equivalent of -dor |
| 3 | Spanish | -dor | Forms nouns and adjectives from verbs. The vowel... |
| 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 | — |