Where does “exemptionalist” come from?

exemptionalist (English) comes from English exemptional, from English exemption, from Old French exemption, from Latin exemptio, from Latin eximo, from Latin ex-, from Latin e, from Latin ex — whale, sea monster; abyss.

exemptionalist (English): A supporter of exemptionalism

Definitions

  1. A supporter of exemptionalism

Ancestry of “exemptionalist”, step by step

exemptionalist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English exemptional

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexemptionalOf or relating to exemption
2EnglishexemptionAn act of exempting; The state of being exempt;...
3Old Frenchexemption
4Latinexemptio
5LatineximoI remove or extract; I banish
6Latinex-out, away; throughout; thoroughly
7LatineThe name of the letter "E"; out of, from
8LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
9Latincommūnicōto impart, share
10Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
11Old Latincom(m)oinis
12Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
15Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
16Middle Englishkyt
17Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
18Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
19Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

via English ist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishistA practitioner or supporter of an ism
2English-istAdded to words to form nouns denoting
3Old French-iste
4Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
5Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
6Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
7Proto-Hellenic-tās
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτος