Etymology

lecturer

lec·tu·rer
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Today it means: A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession. Full definition →

English lecture ← Middle English lecture ← Late Latin lēctūra
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*léǵeti
  3. Proto-Italic*legō
  4. Latinlegō
  5. Medieval Latinlēctus
  6. Medieval Latinlēctūra
  7. Late Latinlēctūra
  8. Middle Englishlecture
  9. Englishlecture
  10. English todaylecturer

From lecture + -er.

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