Where does “doctrinalist” come from?
doctrinalist (English) comes from English doctrinal, from French doctrinal, from French doctrine, from Latin doctrina, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
doctrinalist (English): A person who adheres to a doctrine
Definitions
- A person who adheres to a doctrine
Ancestry of “doctrinalist”, step by step
doctrinalist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English doctrinal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | doctrinal | Of, relating to, involving, belonging to or... |
| 2 | French | doctrinal | doctrinal |
| 3 | French | doctrine | doctrine |
| 4 | Latin | doctrina | teaching, instruction; doctrine; learning,... |
| 5 | Latin | doctor | teacher, instructor; catechist |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |