-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, nonobstetric, obstetric, obstetrically, obstetricate, obstetricated, obstetricates, obstetricating, obstetrication, obstetrication, obstetrician, obstetricians, obstetrics, teleobstetrics, underjanitor

See Also

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

Homographs

Tor, Tor(e) [Tore, Tor]