Where does “deviationist” come from?
deviationist (English) comes from French déviationniste, from French déviation, from Latin deviatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
deviationist (English): One who deviates from accepted beliefs or...
Definitions
- One who deviates from accepted beliefs or...
Ancestry of “deviationist”, step by step
deviationist traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French déviationniste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | déviationniste | deviationist |
| 2 | French | déviation | diversion; different route to travel; deflection |
| 3 | Latin | deviatio | evasion, avoidance; deviation; straying |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English deviation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deviation | The act of deviating; wandering off the correct... |
| 2 | Middle French | deviation | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | deviatio | evasion, avoidance; deviation; straying |
| 4 | Latin | devio | I stray, deviate or detour; dative masculine... |
| 5 | Latin | de- | of; from |
| 6 | Latin | de | The name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |
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 | — |