Where does “Aboriginalist” come from?
Aboriginalist (English) comes from English Aboriginal, from English Aborigine, from English Aborigines, from Latin Aborīginēs, from Latin orīgō, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti — to drive.
Aboriginalist (English): One who subscribes to Aboriginalism
Definitions
- One who subscribes to Aboriginalism
Ancestry of “Aboriginalist”, step by step
Aboriginalist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Aboriginal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Aboriginal | Of or pertaining to Australian Aboriginal... |
| 2 | English | Aborigine | An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation), Aboriginal Australian |
| 3 | English | Aborigines | plural of Aborigine |
| 4 | Latin | Aborīginēs | aborigines (original inhabitants) |
| 5 | Latin | orīgō | commencement act, event or process of coming into existence: beginning, origination |
| 6 | Latin | -igo | Enlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |