gobernador
/ɡobeɾnaˈdoɾ/ · B1 · adj
governor
🏛️ Same root as governor: Latin gubernator, the person who steers a ship
Latin gubernare meant to steer a ship, and it was borrowed from Greek kybernan, which also gave us cyber-. Spanish wrote the word with a b and English with a v. Gobernar is to govern, and adding -ador gives the one who governs.