-tore
ItalianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin -tōrem, from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s. Cognate to French -eur, -teur, Spanish -dor.
SuffixEdit
-tore (feminine -trice)
- added to verbs to form masculine nouns and adjectives from verbs with the sense of "person or thing connected or involved with, belonging to, or having"; -er; -or
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
- -sore (used with verbs ending in -dere)
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
SuffixEdit
-tōre