-dor

From Latin -tōrem, accusative of -tor, from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.

(after continuants, except [ɫ⁓l] and /ʎ/)

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈ-ðo/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈ-ðoɾ/

(elsewhere)

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈ-do/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈ-doɾ/

-dor m (plural -dors, feminine -dora)

1. Forms agent nouns and adjectives from verbs. The vowel of the infinitive is kept, i.e. -ador, -edor, -idor.
2. Forms agent nouns from another noun associated with the action.

   ‎llenya (“firewood”) + ‎-dor → ‎llenyador (“wood cutter”)

• -triu

• -er

From Latin -tōrem, accusative of -tor, from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.

-dor m (plural -dores, feminine -dora, feminine plural -doras)

1. forms agent nouns from verbs; -er, -or

• “-dor” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

• IPA^(key): /du(ː)r/, /du/

From Old Norse -dórr, from Þórr. Cognate with Faroese -dórur, and Icelandic -dór.

-dor m (definite -doren)

1. Thor (used in male given names)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -dor, from Latin -tōrem (“-er”), from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ

-dor m (noun-forming suffix, plural -dores, feminine -dora or -triz, feminine plural -doras or -trizes)

1. forms agent nouns from verbs; -er, -or

   ‎matar (“to kill”) + ‎-dor → ‎matador (“killer”)

• -ador, -edor, -idor

From Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.

-dor m (plural -dores, feminine -dora, feminine plural -doras) (noun)
-dor (feminine -dora, masculine plural -dores, feminine plural -doras) (adjective)

1. -er, -or Forms nouns (usually agent nouns) and adjectives from verbs. The vowel before the suffix depends on the conjugation of the verb to which the suffix is added: -ar verbs use -ador (-adora), -er verbs use -edor (-edora), and -ir verbs use -idor (-idora).

   ‎abrir (“open”) + ‎-dor → ‎abridor (“opener”)

   ‎contaminar (“pollute”) + ‎-dor → ‎contaminador (“polluter”)

   ‎coordinar (“coordinate”) + ‎-dor → ‎coordinador (“coordinator”)

   ‎maltratar (“beat / abuse / batter”) + ‎-dor → ‎maltratador (“beater / abuser / batterer”)

2. Forms derivatives of other nouns.

   ‎leña (“firewood”) + ‎-dor → ‎leñador (“wood cutter”)

• “-dor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Inherited from Chagatai ـدار‎, from Persian ـدار‎ (-dâr).

-dor

1. having, possessing, holding

   ‎hukm + ‎-dor → ‎hukmdor