Where does “doctora” come from?

doctora (Spanish) comes from Spanish doctor, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

doctora (Spanish): female equivalent of doctor, doctor

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of doctor, doctor

Ancestry of “doctora”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdoctordoctor; 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—

Words derived from “doctora”

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