Where does “rectoria” come from?

rectoria (Catalan) comes from Catalan rector, from Latin rector, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

rectoria (Catalan): rectory

Definitions

  1. rectory

Ancestry of “rectoria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanrectorruling; rector; dean
2Latinrectorguide, leader; director, ruler, master, governor;...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin rector →