Where does “alliterationist” come from?
alliterationist (English) comes from English alliteration, from New Latin allīterātiō, from Latin alliteratus, from Latin allitero, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
alliterationist (English): One who alliterates
Definitions
- One who alliterates
Ancestry of “alliterationist”, step by step
alliterationist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English alliteration
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds at the... |
| 2 | New Latin | allīterātiō | — |
| 3 | Latin | alliteratus | — |
| 4 | Latin | allitero | — |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
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 | — |