noun, feminine/doɡˈtoɾa/plural: doctoras
female equivalent of doctor: female doctor; doctor's wife
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *dokejō Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin doctorbor. Spanish doctor Spanish -a Spanish doctora From doctor + -a.