Where does “до́ктор” come from?

до́ктор (Russian) comes from German Doktor, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

до́ктор (Russian): doctor PhD or MD

Definitions

  1. doctor PhD or MD

Ancestry of “до́ктор”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDoktordoctor
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 “до́ктор”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin doctor →