Where does “rektorat” come from?
rektorat (Polish) comes from French rectorat, from Latin rectoratus, from Latin rector, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
rektorat (Polish): rectorship
Definitions
- rectorship
Ancestry of “rektorat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rectorat | rectorship |
| 2 | Latin | rectoratus | rectorate, office of a 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 | — |