myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of director

Etymology of the Spanish word director

the Spanish word director

derived from the Vulgar Latin word director (director)

derived from the Latin word directum (straight line)

derived from the Latin word directus (person given rights by direct procedure; steep; level; open; straight, not curved; moving straight forward; vertical, upright, perpendicular)

derived from the Latin word dirigere (arrange, set in line, direction; direct , turn; mark, fix; demarcate; point; direct)

derived from the New Latin word di-

derived from the Greek word di-, δι-, δί-

derived from the Greek word dis, δίς (double; twice)

derived from the Latin word rigere (be stiff or numb; stand on end; be solidified)

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

Derivations in Spanish

codirector

Cognates

Dutch directeur, English director, French directeur, German Direktor, Lithuanian direktorius, Norwegian direktor, Polish dyrektor, Russian директор, Swedish direktör