Where does “doutor” come from?

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

doutor (Portuguese): a doctor; a doctor, a physician

Definitions

  1. a doctor; a doctor, a physician

Ancestry of “doutor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesedoutorscholar
2Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

Words derived from “doutor

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin doctor