Where does “tirador” come from?
tirador (Tagalog) comes from Spanish tirador, from Spanish -dor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
tirador (Tagalog): slingshot; shooter; hitman; contract killer
Definitions
- slingshot; shooter; hitman; contract killer
Ancestry of “tirador”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | tirador | shooter, rifleman |
| 2 | Spanish | -dor | Forms nouns and adjectives from verbs. The vowel... |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |