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0 pointschristudor2y ago0 comments

Because doctor comes from the passive doctus ('having been taught', i.e. learned) rather than the active docens ('teaching, instructing').

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lou13062y ago· 1 in thread

Not really. Doctor means "teacher" in classical Latin.

FabHK2y ago

Good point. English has both actor (=someone who acts) and agent (=someone who acts) from agere = to act, and both doctor (=someone who teaches) and docent (=someone who teaches) from docere = to teach.

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