myEtymology.com: French etymology of rhéteur

Etymology of the French word rhéteur

the French word rhéteur

derived from the Latin word rhetor (teacher of public speaking, rhetorician)

derived from the Greek word rhetor, ῥήτωρ (a speaker; a forensic advocate)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wer-

Catalan verb, Dutch verbum, Dutch woord, English verb, English word, French verbe, German Verb, German Wort, Icelandic ord, Italian verbo, Latin verbum, Norwegian verb, Spanish verbo, Swedish verb, Swedish ord, Yiddish vort