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Where does “دوقتور” come from?

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

Ancestry of “دوقتور”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdocteura doctor; a doctor , especially a male doctor
2Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōr—
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →