Where does “conferralist” come from?
conferralist (English) comes from English conferral, from English confer, from English conferre, from Middle French conférer, from Old French conferer, from Latin cōnferō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
conferralist (English): An advocate of conferralism
Definitions
- An advocate of conferralism
Ancestry of “conferralist”, step by step
conferralist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English conferral
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | conferral | The act of conferring something; conferment |
| 2 | English | confer | To grant as a possession; to bestow; To talk... |
| 3 | English | conferre | — |
| 4 | Middle French | conférer | — |
| 5 | Old French | conferer | — |
| 6 | Latin | cōnferō | to bring or collect together, gather; unite, join, connect |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
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 | — |