Where does “doktorski” come from?
doktorski (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Polish doktor, from Old Polish doktor, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
doktorski (Serbo-Croatian): doctor/physician; doctoral
Definitions
- doctor/physician; doctoral
Ancestry of “doktorski”, step by step
doktorski traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish doktor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | doktor | doctor, person holding a doctorate; doctor |
| 2 | Old Polish | doktor | scholar |
| 3 | Latin | doctor | teacher, instructor; catechist |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Serbo-Croatian dȍktor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | dȍktor | doctor, physician |