Where does “elitarianism” come from?
elitarianism (English) comes from English elitarian, from English élite, from French élite, from French élit, from Old French eslit, from Old French elire, from Latin eligere, from Latin eligo — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
elitarianism (English): elitarian beliefs generally
Definitions
- elitarian beliefs generally
Ancestry of “elitarianism”, step by step
elitarianism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English elitarian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | elitarian | One who believes that a society or community... |
| 2 | English | élite | Alternative spelling of elite |
| 3 | French | élite | elite |
| 4 | French | élit | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Old French | eslit | chosen, elected |
| 6 | Old French | elire | — |
| 7 | Latin | eligere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | eligo | I choose, I pluck or root out, extract; I pick... |
| 9 | Latin | e- | Alternative form of ex-; out of; out, utterly |
| 10 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 11 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 12 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 13 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 14 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 15 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 20 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 21 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |