-tor
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-tor¹
- /tor/
Where it comes from
Inherited from Latin -tor (through a Vulgar Latin form *-torius, and feminine -toare from *-toria). With some neologisms based on French -teur. Ultimately from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.
suffix -toare · -tori · -tor
- -er (used to form nouns from verbs) băutor
-tor²
- /tor/
suffix -toare · -tori · -tor
- -ing (used to form adjectives from verbs) uimitor
In English
- -er (used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...
Talk about this word "-tor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/-tor. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. -tor. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/-tor "-tor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/-tor.Cite this
@misc{tor_2026,
title = {-tor},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/-tor},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
