tor- root words — words with the tor- root

The root tor- comes from Latin tor, meaning agent that does. 15 words in Dendril are built from it, including admonitor, apparitor, auditorship, cinerator, comprador, convector, curatorship, cursorial, dissipator, executorship, lithotriptor, praetorium. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the tor- root

Explore words with tor- — words containing the tor- root and sharing its sense of "agent that does". Examples include admonitor, apparitor, auditorship, cinerator, comprador, convector, curatorship, cursorial, dissipator, executorship, lithotriptor, praetorium. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The tor- root means agent that does, from Latin tor. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.