Where does “Protektorat” come from?
Protektorat (German) comes from French protectorat, from French protecteur, from Latin prōtector, from Latin prōtegō, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.
Protektorat (German): protectorate
Definitions
- protectorate
Ancestry of “Protektorat”, step by step
Protektorat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French protectorat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | protectorat | protectorate |
| 2 | French | protecteur | protector; protective |
| 3 | Latin | prōtector | protector (all senses) |
| 4 | Latin | prōtegō | to cover |
| 5 | Latin | prō | for |
| 6 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 7 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Dutch protectoraat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | protectoraat | protectorate |