Where does “recteur” come from?

recteur (French) comes from Latin rector, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

recteur (French): rector; chancellor; president; education officer;...

Definitions

  1. rector; chancellor; president; education officer;...

Ancestry of “recteur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrectorguide, leader; director, ruler, master, governor;...
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

Words derived from “recteur

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s