Where does “dŏchtōr” come from?

dŏchtōr (Silesian) comes 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.

dŏchtōr (Silesian): physician, medical doctor

Definitions

  1. physician, medical doctor

Ancestry of “dŏchtōr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishdoktorscholar
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-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin doctor