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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-tōr—
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “doctour”

  • doctor
  • Doc
  • doc
  • doctored
  • witchdoctor
  • doctress
  • doctoress
  • doctorial
  • doctorship
  • docstring
  • doctorly
  • doctorless
  • doctorish
  • doctorhood
  • doctorfish
  • nondoctor
  • doctorspeak
  • doctorlike
  • doctorer
  • multidoctor
  • superdoctor
  • undoctorly
  • paradoctor
  • docs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →