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Where does “doktor” come from?

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

doktor (Swedish): doctor; physician; doctor; person who has...

Definitions

  1. doctor; physician; doctor; person who has...

Ancestry of “doktor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōr—
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “doktor”

  • konitohtori
  • tohtori
  • ultimustohtori
  • tohtorikoulu
  • priimustohtori
  • doktorsavhandling
  • doktorsgrad
  • doktorsexamen
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