Where does “doctour” come from?

doctour (Anglo-Norman) comes from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

doctour (Anglo-Norman): Alternative spelling of doctur

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of doctur

Ancestry of “doctour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “doctour”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin doctor →