Why are there gendered words for some professions like actor and actress but not e.g. doctor and doctress?

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Why are there gendered words for some professions like actor and actress but not e.g. doctor and doctress?

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Well back when the word doctor was invented women weren’t it and by the time women were it nobody cared enough to make a new word

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