Where does “doktorsritgerð” come from?
doktorsritgerð (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.
doktorsritgerð (Icelandic): dissertation
Definitions
- dissertation
Ancestry of “doktorsritgerð”, step by step
doktorsritgerð traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic doktor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | doktor | doctor |
| 2 | Latin | doctor | teacher, instructor; catechist |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Icelandic ritgerð
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | ritgerð | essay, thesis |