rektor

Norwegian Nynorsk

noun-m1

Definitions

headmaster, headmistress (female), head teacher (gender-neutral), principal (of a school or college)
rector (of a university)

Etymology

Derived from Latin rector.

Origin

Latin

rector

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

rector Latin
regō Latin
Rektor German
rektor Hungarian
rector Dutch, Flemish
rector Spanish, Castilian
rektor Norwegian Bokmål
rektor Danish
rector Catalan, Valencian
recteu Norman