Where does “rektor” come from?

rektor (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin rector, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

rektor (Norwegian Nynorsk): headmaster or headmistress, head teacher, principal

Definitions

  1. headmaster or headmistress, head teacher, principal

Ancestry of “rektor”, 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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin rector →