-t(o)r [-tor, -tr]

Morpheme

-t(o)r [-tor, -tr]

Type

suffix

Denotation

agent suffix

Etymology

Latin -tor

Evidence

ancestor, ancestral, ancestress, ancestry, janitor, janitorial, janitoriat, janitoring, janitors, janitorship, janitress, janitrix, nonobstetric, obstetric, obstetrically, obstetricate, obstetricated, obstetricates, obstetricating, obstetrication, obstetrication, obstetrician, obstetricians, obstetrics, obstetrix, teleobstetrics, underjanitor

See Also

-(o)r [-or, -r], -(e)r [-er, -r]

Homographs

Tor, Tor(e) [Tore, Tor]