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Where does “doctrinal” come from?

doctrinal (French) comes from French doctrine, from Latin doctrina, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

doctrinal (French): doctrinal

Definitions

  1. doctrinal

Ancestry of “doctrinal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdoctrinedoctrine
2Latindoctrinateaching, instruction; doctrine; learning,...
3Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōr—
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “doctrinal”

  • doctrinal
  • doctrinally
  • nondoctrinal
  • doctrinalism
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