Where does “convulsionist” come from?
convulsionist (English) comes from English convulsion, from Latin convulsiō, from Latin convulsus, from Latin convellere, from Latin convello, from Latin vello, from Proto-Italic welnō, from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- — to hit, to strike.
convulsionist (English): One who has convulsions
Definitions
- One who has convulsions
Ancestry of “convulsionist”, step by step
convulsionist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English convulsion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | convulsion | An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular... |
| 2 | Latin | convulsiō | convulsion |
| 3 | Latin | convulsus | shattered, battered, convulsed; overthrown |
| 4 | Latin | convellere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | convello | I shatter, batter, convulse; I overthrow |
| 6 | Latin | vello | I pluck out; I depilate; I pull or tear down; I... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | welnō | to pull, tear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | welh₃- | to hit, to strike |
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 | — |