Where does “doktorsgráða” come from?

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

doktorsgráða (Icelandic): doctorate

Definitions

  1. doctorate

Ancestry of “doktorsgráða”, step by step

doktorsgráða traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic doktor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicdoktordoctor
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—

via Icelandic gráða

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicgráðadegree
2Latingradusa step, pace; a stage, degree; a rank
3Proto-Italicgraðus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰradʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin doctor →