Where does “doc” come from?
Doc comes from English doctor, which derives from French documentaire, ultimately from Latin -mentum and the Proto-Indo-European root deḱ- meaning to take or receive.
doc (English): A doctor; A document, especially a piece of...
Definitions
- A doctor; A document, especially a piece of...
Ancestry of “doc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | doctor | A physician; a member of the medical profession;... |
| 2 | Middle English | doctour | doctor |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | doctour | Alternative spelling of doctur |
| 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 | — |