Where does “doubter” come from?

doubter (Middle French) comes from Old French douter, from Latin dubitō, from Latin dubō, from Latin *dubos, from Indo-European *bʰuH-.

doubter (Middle French): to doubt

Definitions

  1. to doubt

Ancestry of “doubter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchdouterAlternative form of doter
2Latindubitōto waver (in opinion), be uncertain, doubt, question, be in doubt
3Latindubō—
4Latin*dubos—
5Indo-European*bʰuH-—

Words derived from “doubter”

Every word from Indo-European *bʰuH- →Every word from Latin *dubos →Every word from Latin dubō →