Where does “constitutionalist” come from?
constitutionalist (English) comes from English constitutional, from English constitution, from Middle English constitucioun, from Old French constitucion, from Latin cōnstitūtiō, from Latin cōnstituō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
constitutionalist (English): A person who adheres to the philosophy of...
Definitions
- A person who adheres to the philosophy of...
Ancestry of “constitutionalist”, step by step
constitutionalist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English constitutional
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | constitutional | Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution or... |
| 2 | English | constitution | The act, or process of setting something up, or... |
| 3 | Middle English | constitucioun | An ecclesiastical decree or rule, especially one... |
| 4 | Old French | constitucion | constitution |
| 5 | Latin | cōnstitūtiō | a constitution, disposition, nature, character |
| 6 | Latin | cōnstituō | to place, put, locate, lay |
| 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 |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Romanian constituțional
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | constituțional | constitutional |
| 2 | French | constitutionnel | constitutional |
| 3 | French | -el | To make an adjectival form of a noun; -al |
| 4 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |