Where does “doctor” come from?
doctor (Romanian) 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.
doctor (Romanian): doctor
Definitions
- doctor
Ancestry of “doctor”, step by step
doctor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French docteur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | docteur | a doctor |
| 2 | Latin | doctor | teacher, instructor; catechist |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via German Doktor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Doktor | doctor |