-атор

Russian

suffix

Definitions

Suffix used to form agent nouns (both animate and inanimate) from verbs in m: -ator, -er

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ātor derived from French -ateur.

Origin

French

-ateur

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-ator English
-atōr Latin
-or Latin
-ārius Latin
-ātor Latin
-ator Dutch, Flemish
-ateur French
carburateur French
-ятор Russian
-eor Old French
-awdwr Welsh
*-tōr Proto-Italic

-ятор