Where does “Volapükist” come from?
Volapükist (English) comes from English Volapük, from Volapük Volapük, from Volapük vola, from English World, from Middle English world, from Old English weorold, from Proto-West Germanic weraldi, from Proto-Germanic weraldiz — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
Volapükist (English): One who speaks, or favours the adoption of, the artificial language Volapük
Definitions
- One who speaks, or favours the adoption of, the artificial language Volapük
Ancestry of “Volapükist”, step by step
Volapükist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Volapük
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Volapük | An artificial (or constructed) language created in 1879 by Johann Martin Schleyer |
| 2 | Volapük | Volapük | Volapük; World Language |
| 3 | Volapük | vola | genitive singular of vol; of the world / world's;... |
| 4 | English | World | The specific world, or any of several specific constituent worlds, that humans live in, among any other (real or possible) worlds |
| 5 | Middle English | world | The world, the planet; A dimension, realm, or... |
| 6 | Old English | weorold | world |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | weraldi | world |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | weraldiz | lifetime, worldly existence; mankind; world |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | weraz | man; husband |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
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 | — |