Where does “excursionist” come from?
excursionist (English) comes from English excursion, from Latin excursio, from Latin excurrere, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
excursionist (English): A person who goes on an excursion; a traveller or...
Definitions
- A person who goes on an excursion; a traveller or...
Ancestry of “excursionist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | excursion | A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the... |
| 2 | Latin | excursio | running forth; sally, onset, attack |
| 3 | Latin | excurrere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | — |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |