Where does “Dr.” come from?

Dr. (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian doktor, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

Dr. (Hungarian): Dr

Definitions

  1. Dr

Ancestry of “Dr.”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariandoktordoctor
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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin doctor →