The word 'doctor' does apply to both-one from the Medical Profession and also for the learned Academician, a doctorate of letters.
Originally, the word 'doctor' signified the teaching profession. I am told that thisis pure latin and comes from the word 'doceo' or 'doctus' which means 'teach'. Perhaps the word 'doctrine' also takes root from this. The word 'doctor' came to be associated with the Medical Profession only during the Medieval Ages. How and why is something which I would like to know...
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