Where does “predoctorate” come from?
predoctorate (English) comes from English doctorate, from Latin doctoratus, from Latin doctoro, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
Ancestry of “predoctorate”, step by step
predoctorate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English doctorate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | doctorate | The highest degree awarded by a university... |
| 2 | Latin | doctoratus | doctorate, the degree of a doctor |
| 3 | Latin | doctoro | I award a doctorate; I attain a doctorate |
| 4 | Latin | doctor | teacher, instructor; catechist |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pre | Before; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To... |
| 2 | Latin | prae | before; in front; in front of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | prai | before; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |