Where does “Pietist” come from?
Pietist (English) comes from English piety, from Middle English piete, from Middle French pieté, from Latin pietas, from Latin pīus, from Latin -tās, from Pali -tā, from Proto-Indo-European -tweh₂.
Pietist (English): Alternative form of pietist
Definitions
- Alternative form of pietist
Ancestry of “Pietist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | piety | Reverence and devotion to God; Similar reverence... |
| 2 | Middle English | piete | mercifulness, compassion, sympathy |
| 3 | Middle French | pieté | piety |
| 4 | Latin | pietas | Dutiful conduct, sense of duty; Piety,... |
| 5 | Latin | pīus | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tās | — |
| 7 | Pali | -tā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tweh₂ | Forms nouns from verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂ | — |