Where does “eredoctoraat” come from?
eredoctoraat (Dutch) comes from Dutch doctoraat, 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.
eredoctoraat (Dutch): honorary doctorate
Definitions
- honorary doctorate
Ancestry of “eredoctoraat”, step by step
eredoctoraat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch doctoraat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | doctoraat | doctorate |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | doctoraet | — |
| 3 | Latin | doctoratus | doctorate, the degree of a doctor |
| 4 | Latin | doctoro | I award a doctorate; I attain a doctorate |
| 5 | Latin | doctor | teacher, instructor; catechist |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Dutch ēre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ēre | — |