Where does “doctor” come from?

doctor (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch doctor, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

doctor (Dutch): doctor (person who has attained a doctorate)

Definitions

  1. doctor (person who has attained a doctorate)

Ancestry of “doctor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchdoctor—
2Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “doctor”

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