英文词源
- procurator (n.)
- (c. 1300) "steward or manager of a household;" also "a provider" (late 13c. as a surname), from Old French procuratour "attorney, agent, proxy, spokesman" (13c., Modern French procurateur) or directly from Latin procurator "manager, overseer, agent, deputy," agent noun from past participle stem of procurare (see procure). Related: Procuracy; procuration; procuratory.
中文词源
procurator：代表，管家，代理人，发言人，地方行政长官
来自拉丁语procurator,管理人，地方行政长官，代理人，来自procurare,关心，照看，词源同procure.
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：procurator 词源，procurator 含义。
procurator：检察官；代理人；行政长官
罗马帝国疆域辽阔，皇帝没有办法事必躬亲去care（词根cur-表to care）帝国的各个角落，于是派遣各种负责财政、税赋、建筑等职责的procurator去代他治理。前缀pro-这里就表示for，二者同源，这些官员是“in place of or for the emperor”。