Where does “elitarian” come from?
elitarian (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- — whale, sea monster; abyss.
elitarian (English): One who believes that a society or community...
Definitions
- One who believes that a society or community...
Ancestry of “elitarian”, step by step
elitarian 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 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 21 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 22 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |