Where does “kawanatanga” come from?
kawanatanga (English) comes from Maori kāwanatanga, from Maori kāwana, from English governor, from Middle English govenour, from Old French gouvreneur, from Latin gubernātor, from Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης, from Ancient Greek -τής — passed , crossed.
kawanatanga (English): sovereignty; governorship
Definitions
- sovereignty; governorship
Ancestry of “kawanatanga”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maori | kāwanatanga | Government |
| 2 | Maori | kāwana | A governor; To govern |
| 3 | English | governor | The chief executive officer of a first-level... |
| 4 | Middle English | govenour | — |
| 5 | Old French | gouvreneur | governor; steersman |
| 6 | Latin | gubernātor | Helmsman or pilot of a boat |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κυβερνήτης | captain, steersman, pilot, navigator; guide,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |