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English word proctor comes from Latin -ator, Latin procuro (I manage, administer.)
-ator (Latin)
Enlarged form of -tor, used to form agent nouns; -ator, -er.
procuro (Latin)
I manage, administer.
procurator (Latin)
Agent, deputy. Manager, overseer, superintendent.
procurator (English)
(Ancient Rome) The governor of a small imperial province.. A legal officer who both investigates and prosecutes crimes, found in some inquisitorial legal systems, particularly communist or formerly communist states – see public procurator. A tax collector.. An agent or attorney.
proctor (English)
(US) To function as a proctor.. (transitive) To manage as an attorney or agent. (British, legal) A legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts. (UK) An official at any of several older universities. (US) A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate [...]