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Where does “doctoro” come from?

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

doctoro (Latin): I award a doctorate; I attain a doctorate

Definitions

  1. I award a doctorate; I attain a doctorate

Ancestry of “doctoro”, step by step

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

Words derived from “doctoro”

  • doctorandus
  • doctorand
  • doctorandus
  • doctoraturus
  • doctoratus
  • doctorate
  • doctorans
  • doctora
  • Doktorand
  • doctorandus
  • eredoctoraat
  • doctoraat
  • doctoraet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →