Where does “doctrineless” come from?
doctrineless (English) comes from English doctrine, from Latin doctrina, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
doctrineless (English): Without a doctrine
Definitions
- Without a doctrine
Ancestry of “doctrineless”, step by step
doctrineless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English doctrine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | doctrine | A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical... |
| 2 | Latin | doctrina | teaching, instruction; doctrine; learning,... |
| 3 | Latin | doctor | teacher, instructor; catechist |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |