English
Ph.D.
Ph.D. comes from New Latin Ph.D..
- New Latinc. 1500–1900Ph.D.
- Englishearliest quotation 1961same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- New Latinc. 1500–1900Ph.D.
- Englishearliest quotation 1961same form
Earliest quotation: 1961, Doctorates Are Received by Six: “There are 12 Ph.D’s in the Concordia faculty of…”
Every English word from New Latin Ph.D.
Today it means
noun Doctor of Philosophy, a terminal research degree, the highest of academic degrees conferred by a college or university.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / New Latin Ph.D. / Ph.D.