-tore
See also: tore, töre, and Tore
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)
- 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
- ablative singular of -tor