[1495–1505; ‹ L viātor equiv. to viā(re) to travel (deriv. of via way) + -tor-tor]This word is first recorded in the period 1495–1505. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: buskin, outside, pillion, slope, tinsel-tor is a suffix found in loanwords from Latin, forming personal agent nouns from verbsand, less commonly, from nouns. Other words that use the affix -tor include: dictator, genitor, janitor, orator, victor