Where does “doctrinal” come from?
Doctrinal comes from French doctrinal, derived from French doctrine, from Latin doctrina meaning "teaching," ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root deḱ- meaning "to take or accept."
doctrinal (English): Of, relating to, involving, belonging to or...
Definitions
- Of, relating to, involving, belonging to or...
Ancestry of “doctrinal”, step by step
doctrinal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French doctrinal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | doctrinal | 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 | — |
via Latin doctrinalis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | doctrinalis | theoretical; doctrinal |