Supervisor
/ˈsuː.pəˌvaɪ.zər/noun
A person who oversees and directs work or an activity.
Did you know?*Supervisor* comes from Latin *supervidēre*, and its deeper root *vidēre* also gives us *vision*, *video*, and *evidence* — all words tied to seeing as a form of knowing.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*weid-
“to see, know”
Latin
Latin
supervidēre
“to look over, oversee”
Late Latin
Latin
supervisor
“an overseer”
14th Century
English
supervisor
“a person who oversees or inspects”
Modern English
English
supervisor
“a person who directs and watches over work or people”