Where does “rector” come from?

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

rector (Spanish): governing, directing; rector

Definitions

  1. governing, directing; rector

Ancestry of “rector”, 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

Words derived from “rector

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin rector