English word doctor comes from Latin doceo, Latin docere, and later Middle English doctour (Doctor (medical practitioner).)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| doceo | Latin (lat) | (drama) I rehearse, present on stage. I teach, instruct; tell, inform; show, demonstrate. |
| docere | Latin (lat) | |
| doctor | Latin (lat) | (Ecclesiastical Latin) catechist. Teacher, instructor. |
| doctour | Anglo-Norman (xno) | |
| doctour | Middle English (enm) | Doctor (medical practitioner). |
| doctor | English (en) | (intransitive, humorous) To act as a medical doctor.. (transitive) To act as a medical doctor to.. (transitive) To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.. (transitive) To genetically alter an extant species.. (transitive) To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.. (transitive) To physically alter (medically or [...] |