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Where does “vicerrector” come from?

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

vicerrector (Spanish): vice-rector

Definitions

  1. vice-rector

Ancestry of “vicerrector”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishrectorgoverning, directing; rector
2Latinrectorguide, leader; director, ruler, master, governor;...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōr—
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →