Where does “rettore” come from?

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

rettore (Italian): rector; chancellor

Definitions

  1. rector; chancellor

Ancestry of “rettore”, 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 “rettore”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin rector →