-tore

See also: tore, töre, and Tore

Italian

Alternative forms

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

Latin

Suffix

-tōre

  1. ablative singular of -tor
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