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
Ancestry of “Protektorat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | protectorat | protectorate |
| 2 | French | protecteur | protector; protective |
| 3 | Latin | prōtector | — |
| 4 | Latin | prōtegō | — |
| 5 | Latin | prō | — |
| 6 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 7 | Latin | rēōr | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “Protektorat”