Where does “doctored” come from?
Doctored comes from English doctor, derived from Middle English doctour, Anglo-Norman doctour, and Latin doctor, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root deḱ-, meaning to take or receive.
doctored (English): past participle of doctor; altered; falsified;...
Definitions
- past participle of doctor; altered; falsified;...
Ancestry of “doctored”, 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 | — |