noun, masculine/ʁɛk.tɔ.ʁa/plural: rectorats
rectorship
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti Proto-Italic *regō Latin regō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin rēctor Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātus Latin rectoratuslbor. French rectorat Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēctōrātus. By surface analysis, recteur + -at.