-tor

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin -torius, -torium, and feminine -toari, toare from Vulgar Latin -toria, -toriam, both from Latin -tor. Ultimately from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-tor (plural -tori, feminine -toari/-toare)

  1. -er (used to form nouns from verbs)

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

Suffix

-tor (v-v?, additive?, VTV → VsV?)

  1. [verb]s bit by bit, continuously

Derived terms

Latin

Alternative forms

  • -sor (in forms derived from primarily third conjugation verbs with stems ending in -t-, -d-, -rg-, -ll-, or -rr-.)

Etymology

    From Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s. The -ō- from the nominative singular form was extended to all other forms by analogy; then word-final -ōr was shortened to -or by regular Latin sound laws, producing the Classical Latin paradigm with short -o- in the nominative singular and long -ō- elsewhere.[1] Cognate to Sanskrit -तृ (-tṛ) (nominative singular -ता m sg (-tā)) and Ancient Greek -τωρ (-tōr), as well as -τήρ (-tḗr) from a separate ablaut *-tḗr. Compare Latin -trum (instrumental suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *-tr-o-m (instrumental suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Suffix

    -tor m (genitive -tōris); third declension

    1. -er; used to form a masculine agent noun

    Usage notes

    The suffix -tor is added to the fourth principal part of a verb to create a third-declension masculine form of an agent noun.

    Examples:
    cantor (male singer); masculine counterpart of cantrīx (female singer), from canō (I sing)
    tōnsor (male hair cutter); masculine counterpart of tōnstrīx (female hair cutter), from tondeō (I shear, shave)
    quadrātor (stonecutter), from quadrō (I make square)

    The suffix -tor occasionally is added to a noun to create an agent noun, often in the extended form -ātor, as if from a first-conjugation verb.

    Examples:
    gladiātor (gladiator), from gladius (sword)
    malleātor (hammerer), from malleus (hammer)

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 293

    Romanian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /tor/
    • Hyphenation: -tor

    Etymology 1

    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.

    Alternative forms

    Suffix

    -tor m or n (feminine singular -toare, masculine plural -tori, feminine and neuter plural -toare)

    1. -er (used to form nouns from verbs)
      băutordrinker
      călătortraveler
      făcătormaker
    Declension
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Inherited from Latin -tōrius.

    Alternative forms

    Suffix

    -tor m or n (feminine singular -toare, masculine plural -tori, feminine and neuter plural -toare)

    1. -ing (used to form adjectives from verbs)
      uimitoramazing
      strălucitorshining
    Declension

    See also