Where does “doktorek” come from?
doktorek (Polish) comes from Polish doktor, from Old Polish doktor, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
doktorek (Polish): physician, medical doctor
Definitions
- physician, medical doctor
Ancestry of “doktorek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | doktor | doctor, person holding a doctorate; doctor |
| 2 | Old Polish | doktor | scholar |
| 3 | Latin | doctor | teacher, instructor; catechist |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |