Where does “doctorand” come from?
doctorand (English) comes from German Doktorand, from Latin doctorandus, from Latin doctoro, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
doctorand (English): A postgraduate aiming to receive a doctorate; a...
Definitions
- A postgraduate aiming to receive a doctorate; a...
Ancestry of “doctorand”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Doktorand | doctoral student, PhD student, doctorand |
| 2 | Latin | doctorandus | who is to be awarded a doctorate |
| 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 | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |