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Where does “doctoraet” come from?

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

Ancestry of “doctoraet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindoctoratus
2LatindoctoroI award a doctorate; I attain a doctorate
3Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōr—
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “doctoraet”

  • doctoraat
  • eredoctoraat
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