Etymograph

English

rectoress

From rector + -ess.

Formed from rector + -ess

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’

Old French rector

Middle English rectour

English rector

Today it means

noun A governess; a rectrix.

Sources

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