Where does “doctrinaire” come from?
Doctrinaire comes from French doctrinaire, derived from French doctrine combined with the Latin suffix -arius, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European deḱ-.
doctrinaire (English): A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or...
Definitions
- A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or...
Ancestry of “doctrinaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | doctrinaire | doctrinaire; doctrinal |
| 2 | French | doctrine | doctrine |
| 3 | Latin | doctrina | teaching, instruction; doctrine; learning,... |
| 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 | — |