Where does “pessimist” come from?
pessimist (Dutch) comes from French pessimiste, from Latin pessimus, from Proto-Italic pessemos, from Proto-Indo-European ped-tm̥mó-s, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
pessimist (Dutch): pessimist
Ancestry of “pessimist”, step by step
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