Where does “ре́ктор” come from?

ре́ктор (Russian) comes from Polish rektor, from Latin rector, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

ре́ктор (Russian): chancellor, president, rector of a university

Definitions

  1. chancellor, president, rector of a university

Ancestry of “ре́ктор”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishrektorrector
2Latinrectorguide, leader; director, ruler, master, governor;...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “ре́ктор”

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