Where does “doctoraat” come from?
doctoraat (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch doctoraet, from Latin doctoratus, from Latin doctoro, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
doctoraat (Dutch): doctorate
Definitions
- doctorate
Ancestry of “doctoraat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | doctoraet | — |
| 2 | Latin | doctoratus | doctorate, the degree of a doctor |
| 3 | Latin | doctoro | I award a doctorate; I attain a doctorate |
| 4 | Latin | doctor | teacher, instructor; catechist |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |