Where does “doktorand” come from?

doktorand (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian dȍktor, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

doktorand (Serbo-Croatian): a PhD student, a person studying for a doctorate

Definitions

  1. a PhD student, a person studying for a doctorate

Ancestry of “doktorand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiandȍktordoctor, physician
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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin doctor →