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		gorgoiler on Sept 29, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ButtFish – Transmit Morse Code of chess moves to y... Many university exams are adjudicated by proctors. What is, erm, the origin of that word?

schoen on Sept 29, 2022 [–]

It turns out that proctor is from Latin and proctologist is from Greek, with completely unrelated etymological senses. Sorry!

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