prefect

The story

1. Latin · derived frompraefectus“one placed in charge, overseer, director, prefect”
2. Old French · derived fromprefect
3. Middle English · inherited fromprefect
4. English todayprefect

From Middle English prefect and prefecte, from Old French prefect (Mod. French préfet), from Latin praefectus (“one placed in charge, overseer, director, prefect”), from praeficere (“to place in charge”).