Where does “Generalgouverneur” come from?
Generalgouverneur (German) comes from German Gouverneur, from French gouverneur, from Middle French gouverneur, from Old French gouvreneur, from Latin gubernātor, from Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα — passed , crossed.
Generalgouverneur (German): governor-general
Definitions
- governor-general
Ancestry of “Generalgouverneur”, step by step
Generalgouverneur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Gouverneur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gouverneur | governor |
| 2 | French | gouverneur | governor |
| 3 | Middle French | gouverneur | governor |
| 4 | Old French | gouvreneur | governor; steersman |
| 5 | Latin | gubernātor | Helmsman or pilot of a boat |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κυβερνήτης | captain, steersman, pilot, navigator; guide,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via German general
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | general | general |
| 2 | French | général | general; general, usual |
| 3 | Old French | general | general |
| 4 | Latin | generalis | general, generic |
| 5 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |