Word: doctorate
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: doc
tor
ate
Definition: To make (someone) into a doctor.
Morphemes:
Affix: doctor
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: doceō
Language: la
Decoded: doceo
Meaning: I teach
Affix: -tor
Language: la
Decoded: -tor
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -er; used to form a masculine agent noun
Affix: -ate
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: to act in the specified manner