Where does “curatress” come from?
curatress (English) comes from English curator, from Latin curator, from Latin -icius, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
curatress (English): A female curator
Definitions
- A female curator
Ancestry of “curatress”, step by step
curatress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English curator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | curator | A person who manages, administers or organizes a... |
| 2 | Latin | curator | who pays heed about the state of an object,... |
| 3 | Latin | -icius | -itious |
| 4 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |