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Postby William Hupy » Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:58 pm

Docile: Is anyone aware of other words from the Latin root docere, aside from docent?
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Re: docile

Postby Perry Lassiter » Thu Feb 13, 2014 6:36 pm

"Document" comes to mind, as written evidence.
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Re: docile

Postby Slava » Thu Feb 13, 2014 7:10 pm

Doctor? Doctrine?

Decent appears to be related, too.
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