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- New Latin · borrowed fromPh.D.
- English todayPh.D.
Borrowed from New Latin Ph.D., an abbreviation of Philosophiae Doctor (“Doctor of Philosophy”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ph.D.
Today it means: Doctor of Philosophy, a terminal research degree, the highest of academic degrees conferred by a college or university. Full definition →
New Latin Ph.D.