Where does “Militärgouverneur” come from?

Militärgouverneur (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.

Militärgouverneur (German): military governor

Definitions

  1. military governor

Ancestry of “Militärgouverneur”, step by step

Militärgouverneur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Gouverneur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGouverneurgovernor
2Frenchgouverneurgovernor
3Middle Frenchgouverneurgovernor
4Old Frenchgouvreneurgovernor; steersman
5LatingubernātorHelmsman or pilot of a boat
6Ancient Greekκυβερνήτηςcaptain, steersman, pilot, navigator; guide,...
7Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
8Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via German Militär

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMilitärmilitary; serviceman
2Frenchmilitairemilitary, militaristic; military
3Middle Frenchmilitairemilitary
4LatinmīlitārisOf a soldier: soldierly; or of the military: martial
5Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
6Latin-ālis
7Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “Militärgouverneur

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Ancient Greek -τής