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Where does “doktor” come from?

doktor (Czech) comes from Old Czech doktor, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

doktor (Czech): doctor, physician; doctor, PhD

Definitions

  1. doctor, physician; doctor, PhD

Ancestry of “doktor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechdoktor—
2Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōr—
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “doktor”

  • doktorka
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →