Where does “dogaresa” come from?
dogaresa (Venetian) comes from Medieval Latin ducarissa, from Latin ducatrix, from Latin ducātor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
Ancestry of “dogaresa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | ducarissa | — |
| 2 | Latin | ducatrix | a (female) leader, a chieftainess |
| 3 | Latin | ducātor | leader, commander, guide |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |