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docere
Latin · ancient
"to teach"
to teach
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doctor
Latin · ancient
"a teacher"
a teacher, one who teaches, from docere
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doctour
Old French · medieval
"a highly learned person"
carried into French for a highly learned person, especially in medicine
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doctor
English · 1300s
"a person qualified to practice medicine"
settled as the English word for a person qualified to practice medicine
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