Where does “doktor” come from?

doktor (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish دوقتور, from French docteur, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

doktor (Turkish): doctor

Definitions

  1. doctor

Ancestry of “doktor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishدوقتور—
2Frenchdocteura doctor
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—

Words derived from “doktor”

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