myEtymology.com: English etymology of doctrine

Etymology of the English word doctrine

the English word doctrine

derived from the Old French word doctrine

derived from the Latin word doctrina (education; learning; science)

derived from the Latin word doctor (teacher; instructor; trainer)

derived from the Latin word doctum

derived from the Latin word docere (teach, show, point out)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dek-

derived from the Latin word docs

derived from the Latin word docere (teach, show, point out)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dek-

The earliest known usage of doctrine in English dates from the 14th century.

Dutch doctrine, French doctrine, German Doktrin, Italian dottrina, Norwegian doktrin, Spanish doctrina, Swedish doktrin

Word found in Modern English