Etymology

rectorate

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Today it means: Synonym of rectorship. Full definition →

New Latin rēctōrātus ← Latin rēctor ← Proto-Italic *regō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃réǵeti
  3. Proto-Italic*regō
  4. Latinregō
  5. Latinrēctor
  6. New Latinrēctōrātus
  7. English todayrectorate

Borrowed from New Latin rēctōrātus.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.