Where does “doktor” come from?

doktor (Ladino) comes from Turkish doktor, from Ottoman Turkish دوقتور, from French docteur, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

doktor (Ladino): doctor

Definitions

  1. doctor

Ancestry of “doktor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishdoktordoctor
2Ottoman Turkishدوقتور—
3Frenchdocteura doctor
4Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin doctor →