Where does “counterelite” come from?
counterelite (English) comes from English élite, from French élite, from French élit, from Old French eslit, from Old French elire, from Latin eligere, from Latin eligo, from Latin e- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
counterelite (English): A dominant and influential group that opposes or is excluded from the mainstream elite or ruling group
Definitions
- A dominant and influential group that opposes or is excluded from the mainstream elite or ruling group
Ancestry of “counterelite”, step by step
counterelite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English élite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | élite | Alternative spelling of elite |
| 2 | French | élite | elite |
| 3 | French | élit | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Old French | eslit | chosen, elected |
| 5 | Old French | elire | — |
| 6 | Latin | eligere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | eligo | I choose, I pluck or root out, extract; I pick... |
| 8 | Latin | e- | Alternative form of ex-; out of; out, utterly |
| 9 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 10 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 11 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 12 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 13 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 14 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 19 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 20 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 21 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 22 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 23 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 24 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 25 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English counter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | counter | One who counts; A reckoner; someone who collects... |
| 2 | Middle English | countour | An accountant; a financial recordkeeper |
| 3 | Middle French | contoir | Alternative spelling of comptoir |
| 4 | Middle French | compter | to recount; to tell |
| 5 | Old French | compter | — |
| 6 | Latin | computāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | computō | to calculate, compute, reckon together |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 11 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 12 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 13 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 14 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |