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lou1306 on Sept 21, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Terry Tao's generals (2012)

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

FabHK on Sept 21, 2023 [–]

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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