Where does “doctoral” come from?

doctoral (French) comes from French docteur, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

doctoral (French): doctoral

Definitions

  1. doctoral

Ancestry of “doctoral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdocteura doctor
2Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “doctoral”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin doctor →