Etymology

m.d.

Today it means: Medicinae Doctor (Latin): Doctor of Medicine. Full definition →

French main droite ← Italian mano destra
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The story

  1. Italian · derived frommano destra
  2. French · derived frommain droite
  3. English todaym.d.

From French main droite and Italian mano destra.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.