-tore

See also: tore, töre, and Tore

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Italian

Alternative forms

• -ore

Etymology

From Latin -tōrem, the accusative singular of -tor, from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s. Cognate to French -eur, -teur, Spanish -dor.

Suffix

-tore (feminine -trice)

1. Forming masculine nouns and adjectives from verbs with the sense of ‘person or thing connected or involved with, belonging to, having’; compare English -er and -or

   ‎comprare (“to buy”) + ‎-tore → ‎compratore (“buyer”)

   ‎vibrare (“to vibrate”) + ‎-tore → ‎vibratore (“vibrator”)

Derived terms

► Italian words suffixed with -tore

See also

• -sore (used with verbs ending in -dere)

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Latin

Suffix

-tōre

1. ablative singular of -tor