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Where does “režisér” come from?

režisér (Czech) comes from French régisseur, from French -eur, from Middle French -eur, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

režisér (Czech): director

Definitions

  1. director

Ancestry of “režisér”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrégisseurmanager, administrator; stage manager
2French-eurUsed to form agent nouns from verbs; API f; -ness
3Middle French-eurUsed to form agent nouns from verbs
4Old French-eorAlternative form of -or
5Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “režisér”

  • režisérka
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