Etymograph

English

adjutor

Adjutor comes from Latin adiūtor ‘helper, assistant’, and goes back to adiuvō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiuvō‘help, assist’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiūtor‘helper, assistant’
  3. Englishtodayadjutor

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiuvō‘help, assist’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiūtor‘helper, assistant’
  3. Englishtodayadjutor

Linked words

through Latin adiuvō ‘help, assist’

aid, jury, aide, 10 more

Another origin of adjutor

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiuvōas iuvere‘to help, aid’uncertain
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiuvō‘to help, assist’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiūtor‘helper’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiūtōrium‘humerus’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600adiutoire
  6. Englishtodayadjutor

Today it means

noun An adjutant; a helper or assistant.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin adiuvō / adjutor

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