Where does “دكتور” come from?

دكتور (South Levantine Arabic) comes from French docteur, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

دكتور (South Levantine Arabic): doctor

Definitions

  1. doctor

Ancestry of “دكتور”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdocteura doctor
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