Where does “governator” come from?
governator (English) comes from English governor, from Middle English govenour, from Old French gouvreneur, from Latin gubernātor, from Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
governator (English): Nickname for Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor of California
Definitions
- Nickname for Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor of California
Ancestry of “governator”, step by step
governator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English governor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | governor | The chief executive officer of a first-level... |
| 2 | Middle English | govenour | — |
| 3 | Old French | gouvreneur | governor; steersman |
| 4 | Latin | gubernātor | Helmsman or pilot of a boat |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κυβερνήτης | captain, steersman, pilot, navigator; guide,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English Terminator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Terminator | Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator |
| 2 | Latin | terminator | second-person singular future passive imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | terminō | to mark off by boundaries, set bounds to; bound, limit |
| 4 | Latin | Terminus | the deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |