Where does “dogtor” come from?

dogtor (English) comes from English doctor, from Middle English doctour, from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

dogtor (English): A veterinarian who treats dogs

Definitions

  1. A veterinarian who treats dogs

Ancestry of “dogtor”, step by step

dogtor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English doctor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdoctorA physician; a member of the medical profession;...
2Middle Englishdoctourdoctor
3Anglo-NormandoctourAlternative spelling of doctur
4Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via English dog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdogA mammal, "Canis familiaris" or "Canis lupus...
2Middle Englishdoggean ordinary dog, especially a hunting dog; a...
3Old Englishdocgaa powerful kind of dog, a hound
4Old English-gaDiminutive suffix, used especially in familiar...
5Proto-West Germanic*-gō
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin doctor