Where does “precorector” come from?
precorector (Romanian) comes from Romanian corector, from French correcteur, from Latin corrector, from Latin correctus, from Latin corrigēre, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — resin.
precorector (Romanian): precorector
Definitions
- precorector
Ancestry of “precorector”, step by step
precorector traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian corector
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | corector | corrector, improver, reformer |
| 2 | French | correcteur | A corrector, notably a proofreader; corrective |
| 3 | Latin | corrector | corrector, improver, reformer |
| 4 | Latin | correctus | corrected; straightened; improved |
| 5 | Latin | corrigēre | — |
| 6 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |