Where does “doktorka” come from?
doktorka (Czech) comes from Czech doktor, 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.
doktorka (Czech): doctor
Definitions
- doctor
Ancestry of “doktorka”, step by step
doktorka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Czech doktor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | doktor | doctor, physician; doctor, PhD |
| 2 | Old Czech | doktor | teacher |
| 3 | Latin | doctor | teacher, instructor; catechist |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |