Where does “irredentist” come from?
irredentist (Dutch) comes from Italian irredentista, from Italian irredento, from Italian redento, from Latin redemptus, from Latin redimō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.
irredentist (Dutch): irredentist
Definitions
- irredentist
Ancestry of “irredentist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | irredentista | irredentist |
| 2 | Italian | irredento | irredenta |
| 3 | Italian | redento | redeemed; masculine singular past participle of... |
| 4 | Latin | redemptus | repurchased; redeemed; atoned for |
| 5 | Latin | redimō | to buy back, repurchase, redeem |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |