Where does “rapporteur” come from?
Rapporteur comes from French rapporteur, meaning one who reports or brings back, derived from the verb rapporter, to carry back or report.
rapporteur (English): A person appointed by a deliberative body to...
Definitions
- A person appointed by a deliberative body to...
Ancestry of “rapporteur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rapporteur | reporter; telltale; rapporteur |
| 2 | French | -eur | Used to form agent nouns from verbs; API f; -ness |
| 3 | Middle French | -eur | Used to form agent nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 5 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |