Where does “doctorese” come from?
doctorese (English) comes from English doctor, from Middle English doctour, from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
doctorese (English): The jargon used by medical doctors
Definitions
- The jargon used by medical doctors
Ancestry of “doctorese”, step by step
doctorese traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English doctor
| 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 | — |