Etymology

director

di·rec·tor
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Today it means: One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director). Full definition →

Middle French directeur ← Late Latin dīrēctōrem ← Latin dīrēctus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromdīrēctus
  2. Late Latin · borrowed fromdīrēctōrem
  3. Middle French · borrowed fromdirecteur
  4. English todaydirector

Borrowed from Middle French directeur and its source Late Latin dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus. By surface analysis, direct + -or.

Words from the same roots

Latindīrēctus all →

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