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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

  1. Of, relating to, involving, belonging to or...

Ancestry of “doctrinal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdoctrinaldoctrinal
2Frenchdoctrinedoctrine
3Latindoctrinateaching, instruction; doctrine; learning,...
4Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “doctrinal”

  • doctrinally
  • nondoctrinal
  • doctrinalism
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