noun, masculine/feminineplural: ascensoristas
elevator operator, lift attendant
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Latin scandō Latin ascendō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin ascēnsorbor. Spanish ascensor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istalbor. Spanish -ista Spanish ascensorist