Where does “doctorspeak” come from?

doctorspeak (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.

doctorspeak (English): The jargon used by doctors

Definitions

  1. The jargon used by doctors

Ancestry of “doctorspeak”, step by step

doctorspeak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English doctor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdoctorA physician; a member of the medical profession;...
2Middle Englishdoctourdoctor
3Anglo-NormandoctourAlternative spelling of doctur
4Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via English speak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspeakTo communicate with one's voice, to say words out...
2Middle Englishspeke
3Old EnglishspecanAlternative form of sprecan; to speak
4Old Englishsprecanto speak, talk
5Proto-West Germanic*sprekanto speak
6Proto-Germanicsprekanąto speak, to make a noise
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspreg-to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin doctor