-tor
Word Origin
1
a suffix found in loanwords from Latin, forming personal agent nouns from verbs and, less commonly, from nouns:
dictator; genitor; janitor; orator; victor.
Origin
< Latin -tor (stem -tōr-), cognate with Greek -tōr (stem -tor-), Sanskrit -tar-
Related Words
- -ator
- -trix
- amateur
- -tory
- acceptor
- accumulator