The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromῥήτωρ
- Latin · derived fromrhētor
- Old French · derived fromretor
- Middle English · inherited fromrethor
- English todayrhetor
From Middle English rethor, from Old French retor and Latin rhētor, rētor, rēthor (“teacher of rhetoric, rhetorician”), from Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekῥήτωρ all →
rhetorolect
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.