Where does “modernist” come from?

modernist (Dutch) comes from Dutch modern, from Middle French moderne, from Latin modernus, from Latin -rnus — suffix forming adjectives.

modernist (Dutch): a modernist adherent of modernism

Definitions

  1. a modernist adherent of modernism

Ancestry of “modernist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmodernmodern; modernist
2Middle Frenchmodernemodern; current; contemporary
3Latinmodernusmodern
4Latin-rnussuffix forming adjectives

Words derived from “modernist”

Every word from Latin -rnus →