Where does “rectorate” come from?

rectorate (English) comes from Latin rectoratus, from Latin rector, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

rectorate (English): The office of a rector

Definitions

  1. The office of a rector

Ancestry of “rectorate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrectoratusrectorate, office of a rector
2Latinrectorguide, leader; director, ruler, master, governor;...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →