Where does “clannist” come from?
clannist (English) comes from English clan, from Irish clann, from Middle Irish clann, from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ — flat.
clannist (English): A person who believes that their clan is superior...
Definitions
- A person who believes that their clan is superior...
Ancestry of “clannist”, step by step
clannist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English clan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | clan | A group of people all descended from a common... |
| 2 | Irish | clann | children, offspring; race, descendants, clan;... |
| 3 | Middle Irish | clann | children; family; offspring |
| 4 | Old Irish | cland | children; family; offspring |
| 5 | Old Welsh | plant | children |
| 6 | Latin | planta | any vegetable production that serves to propagate... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | plāntā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |
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 | — |