Where does “Athanasianist” come from?

Athanasianist (English) comes from English Athanasian, from English Athanasius, from Latin Athanasius, from Ancient Greek ἀθανάσιος, from Ancient Greek ἀθάνατος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.

Athanasianist (English): A supporter of the Athanasian Creed

Definitions

  1. A supporter of the Athanasian Creed

Ancestry of “Athanasianist”, step by step

Athanasianist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Athanasian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAthanasianOf or relating to Athanasius of Alexandria
2EnglishAthanasius
3LatinAthanasius
4Ancient Greekἀθανάσιοςimmortal
5Ancient Greekἀθάνατοςundying, immortal; everlasting, perpetual;...
6Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
7Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
8Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
9Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via English ist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishistA practitioner or supporter of an ism
2English-istAdded to words to form nouns denoting
3Old French-iste
4Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
5Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
6Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
7Proto-Hellenic-tās
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-