And "terrific" is from the Latin terrificus, "terrifying, frightening"[0].
I'm not sure if it's a formal fallacy, but "argument from etymology" is, at best, an extremely weak argument. Just because that's what the word came from over 1000 years ago doesn't mean that's how we do or should use it today.
A doctor is one who has a doctorate. Period. That is what the word means today.
Plenty of people without doctorates teach, in all kinds of ways. (For one thing, grade school teachers in the US are only required to have a Masters at most.)
I'm not sure if it's a formal fallacy, but "argument from etymology" is, at best, an extremely weak argument. Just because that's what the word came from over 1000 years ago doesn't mean that's how we do or should use it today.
A doctor is one who has a doctorate. Period. That is what the word means today.
Plenty of people without doctorates teach, in all kinds of ways. (For one thing, grade school teachers in the US are only required to have a Masters at most.)
[0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/terrific