Where does “supervisee” come from?
Supervisee comes from English supervise, from French supervisé, from Latin supervidēre meaning to oversee, from Latin vidēre meaning to see, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- meaning to see.
supervisee (English): One who is supervised, who works under a...
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- One who is supervised, who works under a...
Ancestry of “supervisee”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | supervise | To oversee or direct a task or organization; To... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | supervisus | — |
| 3 | Latin | supervidere | — |
| 4 | Latin | super | "accusative" above, on the top of, upon;... |
| 5 | Latin | eks-uper | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |