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Where does “undoctrinaire” come from?

undoctrinaire (English) comes from English doctrinaire, from French doctrinaire, from French doctrine, from Latin doctrina, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

undoctrinaire (English): Not doctrinaire

Definitions

  1. Not doctrinaire

Ancestry of “undoctrinaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdoctrinaireA person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or...
2Frenchdoctrinairedoctrinaire; doctrinal
3Frenchdoctrinedoctrine
4Latindoctrinateaching, instruction; doctrine; learning,...
5Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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