Where does “postdoctoral” come from?
Postdoctoral comes from English post, from Latin post meaning "after," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pós meaning "after" or "behind."
postdoctoral (English): After receiving a doctorate; especially of...
Definitions
- After receiving a doctorate; especially of...
Ancestry of “postdoctoral”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | doctoral | Relating to a doctorate; Pertaining to a medical... |
| 2 | English | doctor | A physician; a member of the medical profession;... |
| 3 | Middle English | doctour | doctor |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | doctour | Alternative spelling of doctur |
| 5 | Latin | doctor | teacher, instructor; catechist |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
Words derived from “postdoctoral”