Where does “ректор” come from?
ректор (Kazakh) comes from Russian ре́ктор, from Polish rektor, from Latin rector, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
ректор (Kazakh): chancellor, president, rector of a university
Definitions
- chancellor, president, rector of a university
Ancestry of “ректор”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ре́ктор | chancellor, president, rector of a university |
| 2 | Polish | rektor | rector |
| 3 | Latin | rector | guide, leader; director, ruler, master, governor;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |