Where does “velador” come from?

velador (Zoogocho Zapotec) comes from Spanish velador, from Spanish -dor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

velador (Zoogocho Zapotec): candle

Definitions

  1. candle

Ancestry of “velador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishveladorcandlestick
2Spanish-dorForms nouns and adjectives from verbs. The vowel...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →