Where does “doctoră” come from?

doctoră (Romanian) comes from Romanian doctor, from French docteur, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

doctoră (Romanian): female equivalent of doctor

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of doctor

Ancestry of “doctoră”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniandoctordoctor
2Frenchdocteura doctor
3Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin doctor →