DictionaryRoot: -tor
Latin
-tor
a person or thing that acts
Forms
- -tor
- -sor — An altered form in some Latin formations.
Origin
An inherited Latin ending for the performer of an action, with relatives in other Indo-European languages.
Note
Its English descendants name devices and forces as well as people.
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noun
juror
JOOR-er/ˈdʒʊrər/
A member of a jury in a legal proceeding.
Etymology
A juror is historically a “swearer”: an earlier sense was a person who swore an oath or served as a character witness. Jury membership retains that defining connection with an oath.