Where does “Jeffersonian” come from?

Jeffersonian derives from English Jefferson, from English Jeffrey, from Latin -ius, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -yós, a suffix forming agent nouns and adjectives.

Jeffersonian (English): Of or relating to Thomas Jefferson, or to his...

Definitions

Of or relating to Thomas Jefferson, or to his...

Ancestry of “Jeffersonian”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	Jefferson	A two-dollar bill
2	English	Sơn	—
3	Middle English	sone	son; soon; Alternative form of sonne
4	Old English	sōna	immediately, at once
5	Proto-West Germanic	sān(ō)	immediately
6	Proto-Germanic	sēna	—
7	Proto-Germanic	*sa	—
8	Proto-Austronesian	*əsa	—
9	Proto-Oceanic	*isa	—

Words derived from “Jeffersonian”

Jeffersonianism

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