Where does “defeatist” come from?
Defeatist comes from French défaitiste, meaning one who advocates surrender or accepts inevitable defeat.
defeatist (English): of, or relating to defeatism; someone who...
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- of, or relating to defeatism; someone who...
Ancestry of “defeatist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | defeat | To overcome in battle or contest; To reduce, to... |
| 2 | Middle English | defeten | — |
| 3 | Middle English | defet | defect; disfigured |
| 4 | French | deffet | — |
| 5 | Old French | desfait | undone |
| 6 | Old French | desfaire | to undo; to defeat |
| 7 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 8 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 9 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 10 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 11 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |