Where does “pro-vice-chancellor” come from?
pro-vice-chancellor (English) comes from English pro, from English professional, from English profession, from Anglo-Norman professioun, from Old French profession, from Latin professiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
pro-vice-chancellor (English): A deputy to the vice-chancellor of a university
Definitions
- A deputy to the vice-chancellor of a university
Ancestry of “pro-vice-chancellor”, step by step
pro-vice-chancellor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pro | An advantage of something, especially when... |
| 2 | English | professional | A person who belongs to a profession; A person... |
| 3 | English | profession | A declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion,... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | professioun | — |
| 5 | Old French | profession | profession; declaration |
| 6 | Latin | professiō | declaration, avowal, profession (act of professing) |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English vice-chancellor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vice-chancellor | An official holding a rank immediately below that... |
| 2 | English | chancellor | A senior secretary or official with... |
| 3 | English | chaunceler | Obsolete form of chancellor |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | cancelier | — |
| 5 | Latin | cancellārius | A kind of porter, doorkeeper |
| 6 | Latin | cancelli | inflection of cancellus: ## genitive singular ##... |
| 7 | Latin | cancer | a crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kankros | crab |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | karkros | enclosure, barrier |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥-kr̥- | circular |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |