The story
- Latin · derived fromsupervīsor
- Middle English · inherited fromsupervisor
- English todaysupervisor
Attested since the 15th century C.E.; from Middle English supervisor, supervisour, supervysor, supervysour, from Latin supervīsor, from supervideō, in turn from super + videō. By surface analysis, supervise + -or.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.