Where does “sulat-doktor” come from?

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

sulat-doktor (Tagalog): illegible handwriting

Definitions

  1. illegible handwriting

Ancestry of “sulat-doktor”, step by step

sulat-doktor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog doktor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdoktordoctor
2Spanishdoctordoctor; physician
3Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

via Tagalog sulat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsulatwriting; handwriting; letter
2Malaysuratdocument; letter; inscription
3Proto-Malayicsurat—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin doctor →