governer
Old French
verb
Definitions
- to guide; to steer
- to govern
Etymology
Inherited from Latin gubernāre derived from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (I steer, drive, govern, steer).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κυβερνάω
Gloss
I steer, drive, govern, steer
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🚂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- govern English
- agguberno Latin
- gubernabilis Latin
- gubernatio Latin
- guberno Latin
- gubernāre Latin
- gubernāre, gubernō, guberno Latin
- gubernō Latin
- gubernō, gubernāre Latin
- governare Italian
- gouvernable French
- gouvernail French
- gouvernement French
- gouverner French
- gouverneuse French
- κυβέρνησις Ancient Greek
- κυβερνάω Ancient Greek
- κυβερνητικός Ancient Greek
- *kʷerb- Proto-Indo-European
- governaunce Middle English
- governement Middle English
- governen Middle English
- governour Middle English
- governynge Middle English
- governement Old French
- governar Catalan, Valencian
- gobernar Galician
- guverna Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- guvernar Ido
- gouvèrner Norman
- gouverner Middle French
- governar Old Portuguese
- governar Occitan
- gobernar Asturian
- guviernâ Friulian
- gobernar Old Spanish
- gouvène Haitian, Haitian Creole
- governare Leonese